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Blog Archive: Searching for a College
When Mikayla Powell was born, her parents were still kids themselves. 鈥淢y mom and dad were just teenagers. There are pictures from their high school graduation with me in it,鈥 she says.
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If Shixin Huang鈥檚 parents had decided to remain in Guangdong, China, where she was born, she would have taken a standardized test in the sixth grade that would have determined whether she would have the chance to go to college, could go to technical school, or would go straight into the workforce.鈥
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Lucas Roberts was ahead of the game: He had finished all his high school requirements, save for one English class, by the end of his junior year at Twinfield Union High School.
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Brody Brown of Williamstown has had dreams of becoming a doctor since middle school. And he hasn鈥檛 let anything stop him 鈥 not even a global pandemic. When his school effectively reduced course offerings due to COVID 鈥 an unfortunate reality for many small high schools that struggled to balance鈥
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Raneen Salha is fascinated by the human brain: how it works, how it can sometimes betray us, and how we can begin to heal. She saw this betrayal on a clinical level when her grandmother suffered from Alzheimer鈥檚, a defining period in her life that inspired her interest in the medical field. 鈥淚t was鈥
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A village store and a Covid-inspired scholarship program shape a young woman鈥檚 path Phoebe Stoddard spent most of her high school career at Craftsbury Academy waiting for her 鈥淓ureka moment.鈥 When, by senior year, it still hadn鈥檛 come, Phoebe didn鈥檛 know what she wanted to do. And with college鈥
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During the holiday season, 51福利社 encourages families to look ahead and plan for their kids' future possibilities with a gift of education savings. Vermont鈥檚 state-sponsored 529 savings plan provides an easy way for families to give (and receive!) a gift that will last far beyond the holiday season鈥
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First-generation college students 鈥 or students whose parents did not go to college 鈥 are much less likely to pursue and to complete postsecondary degrees than are their classmates whose parents did go to college. According to data gathered by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51福利社), first鈥
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From a young age, Johanna Krushat had an inkling that she wanted to work with kids, but she wasn鈥檛 sure about the 鈥渉ow鈥 or the 鈥渨here.鈥 Her Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (51福利社) counselor helped her narrow that down, and Johanna decided she wanted to be an elementary-school counselor. After鈥
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Every September, as families settle into their back-to-school routines, 51福利社 celebrates National GEAR UP Week, which promotes the wealth of resources and opportunities offered through this federally funded college and career guidance program. This year, National GEAR UP week falls on September 20鈥24鈥
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