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Its out thereheres help fnding it
NASFAA.orgThe website the Natina Assciatin Stdent Financia
AidAdministats pvides ins t a ist ants and schaships avaiabeby
state. F instance, Missi awads p t 12 ants a yea t chiden
spses Vietnam veteans wh died m txic chemica expsedin the wa. It
as tes titin discnts eed t stdentswh attend cee in cetain the
states in the same ein. FAFSA iseneay nt eqied the discnts.
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The excitement y ee when y chid yseis
admitted t the cee chice cd be nthin cmpaed tthe ea chnin in the
pit y stmach. Hw ae y int pay this csty edcatin, especiay i thee ae
me amiymembes t w?
Thee ae sevea websites that can hep y nd schashipsy cee-bnd
stdent miht qaiy , incdin smeathe nsa nes. Chec these t.
BIgSToCk IlluSTrATIoNS
Moneyor college
FastWeb.comIt says it can hep nd y deam schand a way t pay it
and ws thhwith sested schaships a typesand ins t appy them. It
asmatches y bacnd with
a database awads. Even ithe cee-bnd stdentdidnt adate at the tp
his he cass, thee ae seveaschaships isted whichthey miht qaiy,
incdin theeated gPA Isnt Eveythin $1,000schaship. Thee is a ist
miitayschaships, thse eed pepe a cetain ethnicity and thse avaiabe
niqe sitatins, incdin beinadpted, havin a sine paent bein m a twn
with appatin 25,000 ess.
CollegeScholarships.orgThis site has an extensive ist cpate
schaships inadditin t ppa atheticschaships and thseeed by stdent
type.Stdent type incdesthse wh weehme-sched,beaty paeantcntestants,
nn-taditina stdentsand me. It ashas ins t tthe acta appicatin.Sme
cpate
schaships, schas thse eed byWamat, ae avaiabe jst tempyees thei
chiden,whie thes, sch as ges, aededicated t a specic ed stdy.
Scholarships.comView detais and appy schaships n the site, bt
yneed t be a membe t appy. Thissite as pvides a istin nsa
schaships, incdin thse avaiabet the st membe the amiy t t cee
eed by schs ieunivesity Iwa and Texas A&M. It astes $2,000
avaiabe t the winne a dccain cntest, p t $1,000 ta stdents,and mney
thse medicay diansed witha m dwasm eed by the litte Pepe
Ameica.
Finding-college-scholarships.comFi t a m n this website and et p
t schaship matches. Ps, schs wi ca y t tai
a pam and nancia aid ptins that wi w y. It pvides advice n hw a
specic
schaship is desined and steps yneed t tae t qaiy. D y need
cmmnity sevice, a cetain adepint aveae?
admissions essays
The sty youTips a memabe admissins essay
Witht the essay, a seectin cmmittee wd have t abitaiychse
between tw ( 200) neay identica candidates. unie eveythe means
evaatin, the cee admissin essay is nt mtipechice, it is nt timed,
and it des nt eqie aditins tyts. Ycan e-wite it hndeds times and as
eveyne y nw t ead it.Theee, thee is n excse sbmittin a cee admissin
essaythat is nt y best pssibe et.
Many stdents pt witin this a-imptant statement se.They wy abt
bain, they ty exta had t snd inteient.Cnseqenty, they thei essay
with statements thei achievements,wisdm and the pnd essns they have
eaned. In tyin t ceatethis exaeated imae, many stdents d nt eaize
that evey theappicant is attemptin the same thin.
Instead payin an with the cwd, a sccess essay stands apat.It tes
a niqe sty te t the wite; ne that maes the admissinsce ie and
emembe the appicant.
F sme stdents, the pspect witin the cee
admissin essay is s ihtenin that they wait nti the
niht bee deadine. othes ae s cndent in thei
appicatin that they cnside the cee admissin essay
exta cedit. The admissins pcess eveas that bth sides
ae missin the pint.
Topic selection
Many stdents bsess ve thei chice tpic. Y chice tpic des nt matte
asmch as y appach. Amst any tpic can w i its taced in the iht
way.
In mst cases, an admissins ce is especiay cis hw y thin and ee
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Clashes over collegesand coursesBee y nw it, y be p t y
eas in cee pannin mateias.
The cee admissin pcess is a-
cnsmin amiies, says Jdy
Andesn, a patne with Cee t
Caee, a cnstin m in sbban
Minneapis.
Y may sn discve that y and y paents have
vey dieent ideas abt which cee y shd
attend and what y shd stdy. Its imptant t
discss y dieences.
Y paents miht be abe t hep y see the acts
in a cee chice, y miht cnvince them
anthe schs wthiness.Whee y t cee des nt aantee sccess,
eminds Andesn. Its what y d with y edcatin
that mattes mst.
Parent tip: Thee ae ts teic nivesities. Hepy stdent expe the
pssibiities. remembe, ettin
int cee is the easy pat, bt ettin t with a deee
is what mattes.
I y stdent is excited abt his csew and
camps, thees a eate chance he wi scceed.
Misunderstandingsabout moneyIts aiy cmmn that a amiy cant
wnt be abe t pay an entie
cee edcatin, says Heen Nnn,
diect nancia aid at Ssqehanna
univesity in Seinsve, Pa.
Ta t y paents abt mney
nw, bee y et t deep in cee
pannin. Dnt wait nti the st bi is de t discve
they cant pay as mch as y hped. The eaie y can
stat y seach ndin, the bette.
Bee y decide t cve y titin with cee
ans and cedit cads, cnside ettin a jb. Nnn
says stdents wh w din cee tend t be me
anized and ean bette ades. I y w n camps,y bss wi pbaby et y w
and y cass
schede.
A jb n camps can be ie a hme away m hme,
says Nnn. Its nice t nw that smene n camps
nws y and is in t y.
Parent tip: Discss mney nw. Hep y stdent nda jb and pen a banin
accnt. Teach him hw t
se cedit wisey s it desnt aect his he abiity t
et ans ate n.
Diculties withdetails and deadlinesMichae Aexande, chaiman
Stdent
Financia Aid Sevices in Davis, Cai.,
says, one e n the FAFSA cd
eep y m attendin y cee
chice.
Dnt et that e be missin y
schs nancia aid deadines. Chec
t see i additina nancia aid ms ae eqied by
the cees ye cnsidein, and eep a caenda
deadines in a pminent pace.
I y need y paents t cmpete cetain papew,
et them nw immediatey. Dnt wait nti the ast
minte t as hep.
Parent tip: Y teenae has a tn w t d ihtnw. l ways t ihten the
ad.
Din simpe thins ie main cpies, nnin t the
pst ce pin inmatin m a ew websites
can demnstate y sppt.
Dnt admnish them i they tae a day nw and then.
Ate a, theye hman.
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Whe he coudow o college begis,he pressure ad deadlies ca sraieve
he bes famil relaioships. youad our pares should wach ou forhese
poeial coic areas:
A amiy
Paents, stdentsshd ta eayabt cee pans
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Y shdnt pic a cee jst becase y ie the dms. Bt,i yve decided nt t
ive in -camps hsin, a schsesidence has shd be ne the thins y cnside
whenmain y chice. Ate a, y spend a t time in ynew hme.
As y visit schs y see a vaiety esidence has. Smewi be in the
same bidin as a caeteia, cassm amem. Sme have ne bathm a ew dzen
stdents andsme have sites whee jst a ew pepe shae a bathm.
I y nd a cee thats iht y, y as nd campshsin thats a eat match
what y want t ycee expeience. As n as the esidence has ae ceanand
we-maintained, it a cmes dwn t y pesnaity andpeeences.
Theye nt jst paces whee y seep and stdy, says
Chistina Speaman, inteim diect stdent ie at lyaunivesity
Mayand.
When ye thinin abt whee t ive at cee, whethe ina dm in -camps
hsin, she sests thinin abthw y envisin y ie at cee: Hw many pepe
wiy shae space with? D y imaine yse bein cseiends with eveyne n the
f y bidin? Wi yhave a mmate whs a cse iend smene wh eepsa schede ie
ys?
Types o housing
Y may have head abt cees bidin stdent apatmentsand -camps hsin
with extas ie epaces, fat-sceenTVs and tannin beds. Y miht be abe t
ive in ne thesepaces at sme pintbt pbaby nt in y st yea.
Emiy genn, cpate ibaian the Assciatin Cee andunivesity Hsin oces
Intenatina, says ppecassmensay et st dibs n the esidences with the
mst xies.Cees ten eseve thse bidins de stdents. Ps,stdents wh aeady
ive n camps pbaby et t decide inthe spin whee they ive the next
yea. Theye me iey tpic a pace whee they shae a bathm, ivin m evena
itchen with a ew mmates.
In y st yea at cee, chances ae y ive in a taditinadmthat is, a m
and the size y bedm at hmewith a bathm dwn the ha. Thee miht even
be andyaciities and a itchen n y f.
Cees dnt pt new stdents in taditina dms t be mean.When y have t
shae a itchen and bathm with ts
the stdents, its easie t meet cassmates wh wi becmecse
iends.
Feshmen need t meet new pepe, and its hade tmeet pepe i y have y
wn itte space, genn says.When ye an ppecassman y aeady nw a bnch
pepe.
Y have at east ne mmate when y et t cee, btmst cees dnt assin
eshmen me than tw. Speamansays that i ye ie a t st-yea stdents, cee
wi bethe st time yve shaed a m. It can be vewhemin t m havin y wn
space at hme t havin ve newmmates.
Themed housing
genn says many cees ae desinin thei camps hsinptins s eshmen
have an easie time meetin the stdents.Sme schs ae din this by
settin aside whe fs in a
Considern Hw des the cee eep its
esidence has sece?
n D y need a dm with
qiet stdy ms?
n I y attend a ae
nivesity, can y ive in a
esidence ha nea the academic
bidin y maj?
n D any specia pams taepace in the dms?
n D y ie t c? D y
have dietay needs that wi
mean y have t mae sme
y wn meas?
CAMPuSlIFE
The best dmsdnt have t be ancy
esidence ha stdents wh shae the sameinteest. Y cee miht et y
eqest t iven the same f as the eshmen wh shaey passin cmmnity
sevice heathyivin.
Sme cees have desinated ivin-eanincmmnities that cmbine
academics andesidentia ie. genn says this miht mean achance t ive
with the stdents in y maj.Sme ivin-eanin cmmnities e speciaseminas
activities stdents t tae pat in.othe ivin-eanin cmmnities ae csed
nein anaes, pitics a cees hnspam.
Few stdents miht nt be the ny pepe ivin
in y dm. At lya, a Cathic cee, Jesitpiests ive in sme the
esidence has. Even
acty membes at sme schs ive in the samebidins as thei
stdents.
The right ft
S whats the bttm ine when ye checint cee hsin? l a pace y
eecmtabe at, genn says. Y dm isnt jstthe pace whee y seep. Its a
pace whee ymae a t ien memies.
And dnt wy i empty ms dab n at, Speaman says. Y m wi pbabycme
with a ew pieces nite, bt the estis p t y. Jst a ew pictes and
nic-nacs y wn can mae the m ee ie y wn
space.Thin abt this as y new hme, she says.
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tpic and what this says abt y ceativity, sphisticatin and
pesnaity.
Hweve, sme essay tpics neve w. Hpeess essays ae nes that betaya
stdents ac pespective. Nbdy ies a 17-yea-d wh cannt imainethe wd
beynd hih sch.
on the fip side, nbdy appeciates 17-yea-ds wh thin they
nweveythin. A 700-wd essay was nt meant t sve ban pvety discssthe
eat themes ie and ve. liewise, y shd stee cea sndinpeachy, instance
when cndemnin the evis ach, eatin meat eatin the sae eams. An essay
shd neve is endin the eades
sensibiities beies.That said, many pssibe tpics emain, athh sme
ae sed me tenthan thes. It is cmmn t ead a stdents immiatin t
Ameica, biss in the scce pays admiatin he athe.
Chsin ne these essay mainstays means win exta had t mae
itspecia. It means cncentatin n the detais a sty, the acts that
petainny t y, t mae the sty niqe and eveain. This es even themst
nsa sbjects.
readess hw iina the tpic, the essay needs t pesent athentic,
vividdetais y ie in de t impant itse in the eades mind and
cnveysmethin memabe abt yse.
Tell a story
Y essay wi scceed i it tes a d sty. T ten, an essay wi zzeint a
seies statements that te athe than shw the ieabe taits
the wite. Sme stdents wny assme that the eade wi nt et it ithey
d nt spe t thei main aments.
As a est, the essay sccmbs t the sa cichs: the vae had w
andpeseveance, eanin t mae a dieence, nt tain ved nes anted,deams
cmin te eanin m mistaes. These statements ae ne ised minimay, bt
the best essays d nt se them at a. The wst essays aecmpsed entiey
sch statements.
Use details
Y shd aw the detais the sty t mae the statement y. Anexampe heps
ecidate the dieence. A medice essay miht say: I devepeda new
cmpassin thse with disabiities. A bette essay says: Wheneve Ihad
the chance t hep a disabed pesn, I did s happiy. Hweve, an
exceentessay says: The next time Ms. Cpe ased me t hep he acss the
steet,I smied and immediatey t he am. The st exampe pvides n
detai,the secnd exampe is sti ny hypthetica, bt the na exampe eves
a
vivid imae smethin that actay happened, ths pacin the eade inthe
expeience the appicant. o cse, this techniqe ws ny insa asit
hihihts the qaities the wite. These ae pints shd aways in the bac y
mind. once a d sty is witten, any detais that distacty veachin
qaities shd be emved.
Revise, revise, revise
In de t bin these pints t the sace, eedbac pays a ccia e.Y shd
ive dats t a vaiety eades: eatives, iends, teachesand, i pssibe, t
an expeienced edit. Test eades shd ive thei st,nadteated pinin the
piece, answein qestins sch as: What is thisessay abt? What des it
say abt the appicant? Is the essay memabe?Since thee is n pedictin
wh amn the admissins sta wi ead the essay,any eay eedbac heps. The
eat vae a secnd pinin 12th, as thecase may bemeans the essay has
many chances at impvement. Mae yessay efect y pesnaity and
cicmstances in as fattein and detaied
a way as pssibe.
