Starting July 1, a completed FAFSA will be required from all students applying for and/or receiving a Bright Futures scholarship. This new law, applies to incoming freshman as well as students renewing their Bright Futures scholarships. Students who do NOT submit a FAFSA application will not receive their Bright Futures Scholarship money this fall.
International College Counselors shares the information that the University of Florida is planning to grow by introducing a spring and summer only cohort. Students enrolled in this program will be considered full-fledged undergraduates, but they will be allowed to live and take classes on the UF campus only during the spring and summer.
Currently, the university plans to enroll the first spring-summer students in January 2013.
International College Counselors recommends that students attend information sessions held by the colleges they are interested in. Students can find out when the schools are coming to their cities by visiting the websites of colleges. School representatives visit international cities in addition to cities in the US.
The Common Application announced changes to its standardized admission form. The 2011-12 version of the Common Application includes new questions about marital status and children, and an optional question about military status. The new version, which will go live on August 1, also asks for more-detailed information about language proficiency and prior college-level coursework. International College Counselors is here to help parent and student navigate the college process.
International College Counselors is excited to tell you about this. Incredibly, all Miami-Dade public and private school students who graduate with a GPA 3.0 or higher will be able to attend Miami Dade College for free starting in the fall. The American Dream Scholarship, the first scholarship program of its kind, was designed to let…