In many high schools, students have the opportunity to see their college guidance counselor only once a year. One time. In the entire year. Don’t blame the students or the counselors though. This statistic makes sense when you hear that public school counselors in the U.S. now have an average caseload of 471 students! 471…
For most high school Seniors, the college application season has come to an end. But submitting the application is not necessarily the end of the process. There is still work that can – and needs – to get done by students who really want to get accepted to a favorite school. Check the status of…
Now is the time to start filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, more commonly known as FAFSA. ** ALL** high school seniors and their parents should be filling the FAFSA out. This application is used to determine eligibility for federal grants, loans and work-study funds from the federal government. In addition, many colleges and states use FAFSA…