Counselors' Corner

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This isn’t to say colleges will slough off COVID if it’s offered as a cause of hardship, but its frequent appearance—and the availability of COVID-affected students with stronger credentials—make it less likely that B students will be considered at schools used to seeing A applicants. SARs are out of control. Financial Aid?

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

FSA has revised several sections of the 24-25 Application and Verification guide to provide the most up-to-date information for the upcoming academic year. POSTED… More » Updates to the 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide The post Updates to the 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide first appeared on College Aid Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Student success organization Catalyze has opened grant applications for the third round of its Catalyze Challenge. Applications open Jul. Dr. Michelle Cheang This round seeks to support learners ages 11-22 by funding efforts focused on career exploration for young adolescents and activating employer partnerships. 31, and go to Sep.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Department of Education reaffirms that student can no longer access incomplete FAFSA applications indefinitely. It is important that you remind students of this change which starts in the 24-25 academic year. What is the policy?

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

FAFSA Application Update – Goodbye EFC and Hello SAI FAFSA Application Update – Goodbye EFC and Hello SAI FAFSA Application Update – Goodbye EFC and Hello SAI Broadcast date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Financial aid administrators are invited to join us as we explore the upcoming changes in the 2024-25 Application Processing Cycle.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Federal Student Aid has started to email FAFSA applicants to advise them to check their form’s status in “the first half of March.” ” The communication failed short of providing any new information or an exact date.

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College Aid Services

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Department of Education has made the 24-25 Application and Verification Guide as well as the 23-24 FSA Assessments resource available online. To obtain a digital copy of both documents, read the instructions below.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

AUGUST 1, 2023

Fall is on the way and the new season marks the beginning of college application season! The post What You Need to Gather for Financial Aid Applications appeared first on CFAA. The 2024-2025 FAFSA will be opening this December, instead of October (like usual). Many state and.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JUNE 12, 2023

The road ahead for college applications can be overwhelming. The post How to Prepare for College Applications in the Summer appeared first on CFAA. Now that the school year is over, rising seniors are beginning to think about attending college. There’s a lot of tasks to do, deadlines to manage, and paperwork to complete.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Some high school seniors are still feeling the pressure of getting their college applications completed. So, make good use of the holiday breaks from high school and get those college applications done! Sites can crash or information can get lost, and you might be out of luck.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 17, 2023

Parents and students are completing their FAFSA applications by the end. The post How to Help Your High School Junior Prep for FAFSA and College Applications appeared first on CFAA. Believe it or not, the FAFSA for your freshman year in college will come online October 1, 2023.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some high school seniors get all their college admissions and financial aid applications completed on time. Some pinned all their hopes on one college with an early decision application, while others hedged their bets with an early action application. The hope was that there would.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 20, 2023

The post How to Prepare for Your FAFSA Application in the Spring appeared first on CFAA. The 2023 FAFSA won’t open until December, which is later than normal. With the new updates, the deadline is already going to be stressful. Every year, many families fail.

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College Aid Services

JULY 31, 2023

The Beta application site for the new Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan is now live. The SAVE Plan, like other income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, calculates your monthly payment amount based on your income and family size.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 5, 2023

Draft versions of the proposed 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form and the FAFSA Submission Summary (formerly known as the Student Aid Report) are available for public comment. These forms are used by individuals applying for federal student aid.

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Tutor Ocean Corp

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Let’s take the stress out of doing all these applications. What Is A College Application? You cannot simply show up, you must go through an application process. There’s a hard deadline, after which applicants will be vetted. They eliminate applicants who they think are not going to complete the program.

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EAB

JULY 20, 2023

Blogs If You Aren’t Growing Applications, You’re Losing Enrollment New evidence regarding connections between application volume and downstream enrollment outcomes Many colleges have seen an increase in applications in recent years, even as the number of college-bound students has decreased.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how Insights from our new survey of 3,800+ graduate and adult learners As the demographics of prospective graduate students and adult learners change, so do students’ application preferences and behaviors.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 1, 2023

CFAA has been talking to high school then-juniors/now-seniors about college application deadlines since the beginning of the year. The post Help – I Ran Out of Time for College Applications! appeared first on CFAA.

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Community College Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Need help with your FAFSA application?Many Many community colleges are offering workshops and other types of assistance to help students get the financial aid necessary to head to college next year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. No application is required for the scholarship, which pays full tuition, room, and board. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S.

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EAB

JUNE 13, 2023

Podcast Will FAFSA Simplification Make Life Easier for Colleges and Applicants? EAB · Will FAFSA Simplification Make Life Easier for Colleges and Applicants? Learn more The post Will FAFSA Simplification Make Life Easier for Colleges and Applicants? Episode 154. June 13, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast.

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I'm First!

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That was the feeling in my head as I filled out my financial aid applications. Money here, money there, money where? While each college varies in its procedures and regulations, I feel Williams has one of the easiest procedures. Even with this though, my path to receiving my financial aid was still turbulent. The weekend […]

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 23, 2023

There’s normal school work and extracurriculars, as well as the various deadlines for applications and financial aid. Yet, it’s important to track the deadlines so that you have the best chance of getting your financial aid application in – and then, the best chance of getting the maximum aid available to you.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JULY 18, 2023

College applications won’t open until the fall. The post Learn How to Create a Strategy for College and Financial Aid Applications appeared first on CFAA. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot to do for rising high school seniors and their families right now.

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Tutor Zone

JUNE 15, 2023

California Community College Statistics According to the official California Community Colleges website, there has been a huge decline… The post Applicant Rates: Pre and After Covid appeared first on Tutor Zone.

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Niche - First-Generation Collect Students

JANUARY 31, 2023

Having gone through many auditions and college applications as a music and science major, I have learned quite a few things to help me through the process whilst being a first generation college student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Saint Louis University (SLU) is launching an institutional aid application that mirrors the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA , so families can receive financial aid awards by the end of February. The university’s aid application is independent of the FAFSA filing; so, families will still need to file a FAFSA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Two political leaders allege that a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form error is preventing students with contributors, including parents and spouses, who do not have a Social Security Number from completing the U.S. However, contributors without SSNs still cannot complete their part of the application.

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Community College Review

MAY 31, 2022

Most colleges and universities require an essay as part of the application process, but how important is the essay really and what can you do to make sure yours stands out?

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HEAG

APRIL 15, 2024

Just when you thought you had a game plan to address each of the complex issues related to the ISIR delay, another electronic announcement rolls out. Then, when there’s news about a trickle of ISIRs being released, you become optimistic. … Read more ».

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MARCH 21, 2023

The post Four Financial Aid Deadlines for Your Student to Know for College Applications appeared first on CFAA. For many families, those deadlines begin to become more of a burden than anything helpful. But, what if you knew that those deadlines could make a difference between your.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Rajeev Jayadeva Rajeev Jayadeva has been appointed director of enterprise applications at the Community College of Rhode Island. He served as the information technology director of enterprise applications at Touro University in New York City. in education, instructional design, and technology from Liberty University.

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Community College Review

MAY 31, 2022

Though many people assume community college is easier than "real" college, you still need to have a strong application if you want to get in. Keep reading to learn more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Amid ongoing issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, the City University of New York (CUNY) is looking to help. We don’t want the unprecedented delays and changes in this year’s federal aid application process to deter them from coming to CUNY or any college." Matos Rodríguez. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants to the Class of 2029 and beyond, reports The Dartmouth. Dartmouth applicants will be required to take and submit scores from the SAT or ACT college entrance exams.

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