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Blog Archive: Applying for Financial Aid
If you're a high school student, now's the time to start considering the next steps after graduation. Whether you're planning for college or career training, 51福利社 wants you to know there are options for you and your family. During March and April, you're invited to 51福利社鈥檚 2024 College and Career鈥
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On February 12, 2018, when Mersadies Shantie was 12 years old, her mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. That night, still stunned from the loss, Mersadies left her home in Mooers Forks, New York, and moved to Sheldon, Vermont, to live with her dad, stepmom and three adopted sisters. 鈥淚t was鈥
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This past fall the U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced plans to release an updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2024-2025 school year. The FAFSA is the first step in getting financial aid for college and many career training programs鈥
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If you鈥檙e an education professional, student, or parent you鈥檝e we know you鈥檝e been waiting on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) rollout. The FAFSA application is the first step in getting financial aid for college and career training programs. The FAFSA is usually available in鈥
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Over the 50 years of speaking with students who've completed high school and achieved their first early-adulthood goals, one common denominator has led to their success. Whether college admission, career training, or starting a job, adults close to them have shared their guidance, encouragement, and鈥
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The U.S. Department of Education has promised that the 2024/2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid Forms (FAFSA) 鈥 the new, revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid 鈥 will be available in late December. The FAFSA is a requirement for almost all college financial aid programs, from鈥
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51福利社 Counselor Tia Stillman and Orwell student Olivia Scher bonded over their goals and drive to help people 鈥 as well as being people of color in a small Vermont town. As a kid, Olivia Scher was one of very few people of color in tiny Orwell, Vermont. One other person was her elementary school鈥
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Eleanor Placey of the Newbury High School Alumni Association and 51福利社 VP Tom Little, with the historic Newbury School and church in the background. Newbury High School alumni enable local Oxbow students to fund their future with the Newbury Alumni Memorial Scholarship. Eleanor Placey, a longtime鈥
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鈥淚 think FAFSAs are fun,鈥 says Chris Barry, 51福利社鈥檚 Resource Center Supervisor, flashing a bright smile and sitting up a little straighter in his seat. 鈥淏ut,鈥 he concedes, 鈥渘ot everybody does.鈥 For parents of college-bound high school seniors, who are just now starting the bewildering process of鈥
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51福利社's Scholarship Booklet features about 150 51福利社-administered scholarships and more than 40 additional scholarships for students in college or training. If you had a 1 in 100 chance of winning $5,000, you鈥檇 probably buy that lottery ticket, right? Many of the college scholarship programs鈥
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