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ScholarshipsJuanita Harvin
Wiesbaden, Germany
Mapping your road to AWAG 2014
Cost of Education• National Focus
• Eliminating the High cost of secondary Education in-DEPTness
• Creative Funding
• GRANTS/ LOANS
• GI Bill
• PAYING it Forward
• Partnership program that encourages FAMILIES to plan for Life after High School & Financing their Dreams.
• 10th Year of the Program – Volunteer based
• Education Forums (Students Grades 7-12 & their Parents)Workshops focusing on College, Career, Finances & Transition
• Portfolios – “Brag About Me” booklet
• To prepare students in managing their paperwork needed for SCHOLARSHIP & College applications in their Senior Year
The Real World… what are you doing?
Scholarship Marketing/Financing the Dream
ORGANIZATION Chart your Course 7-12 checklists / College planners
ACTIVITIES-Documentation
ePortfolios
ESSAYS / Letters of Recommendations
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, DO YOUR OWN!Request EARLY.
PSAT/SAT’s / ACT Multiple
PLANNING Middle School
Statistics http://www.usnews.com/education/
SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.fastweb.com Grade 9-Grad school (Space Camp-March 10)
COLLEGE INFO www.schoolquest.com
SPORTS Usually only4 sports offer full Scholarships: Football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. GIRLS GOLF!
SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTube / Combines
EUROPEAN College Recruitment
University of HeidelbergUniversity of DarmstadtUniversity of StuttgartBRENDA Coffield-Fellmer
European MCEC Program [email protected]+49 (176) 24865620
CHART your course materials available at MCEC storehttp://www.militarychild.org
Web Resources
http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info
Web Resources• U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/finaid
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• http://www.fafsa.gov/
• California Student Aid Commission http://www.csac.ca.gov/
• College is Possible http://www.collegeispossible.org/
• Financial Aid http://www.finaid.org/
• Free Scholarship Search & Information Service http://www.freschinfo.com/
• Gates Millennium Scholars http://www.gmsp.org/
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities http://www.hacu.net/
• Hispanic Heritage Foundation http://www.hispanicheritage.org/
• Latino College Dollars http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/directory.htm
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund http://maldef.org/leadership/scholarships/general/
• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs http://exchanges.state.gov/
Additional Resourceshttp://www.dodea.edu DoDEA HQhttp://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info Local Scholarshipshttp://www.usnews.com/education/ Best Colleges, Yearly Statisticshttp://www.careerlaunch.net Career Assessmenthttp://wwwmilitarychild.org Military Child Education Coalitionhttp://www.schoolquest.org Schoolquest – College Planner, State Scholarship Finderhttp://www.militarystudent.dod.mil/ Military Student http://www.usa4militaryfamilies.dod.mil/ USA for Military Families
http://www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.html NEFE Financial Planninghttps://www.hrc.army.mil/site/education/InState/index.htm In-State Tuitionhttp://www.vitalchek.com/ Obtaining Birth Certificateshttp://www.birthcertificatesusa.com http://travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html Overseas
Question and Answer Period
Juanita Harvin The Real World…what are you
doing?Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
011-49-172-837-6653 (International) Germany
http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info
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