2/2 Agenda

1. Understanding types of financial aid. Students will each review one type of aid and "teach" it to the group. Click here for instructions.
2. Continue to work on FAFSA as needed. What questions do people have?
3. Scholarships!!  If you don't already have one, create a Fast Web login. Also, check out the scholarship sites listed on the Spring Syllabus. Determine three scholarships (with deadlines February through April) that you would like to apply for and are eligible for. Add yours to the shared scholarship file here. Begin work on scholarships.
4. Work on college apps, scholarships, essays, as needed.

1/19 Agenda

1. Career presentations

2. Youtube series:  Overview of the financial aid process. 

3. FAFSA Screen Shots: http://fsa4counselors.ed.gov/clcf/FAFSAScreenShots.html

4. Practice with FAFSA4CASTER:  http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

5. Start FAFSA: start applications

6. Scholarship searches/ school info/ essay edits

1/12 Agenda

1. Group Discussion: Overview of the semester (career assessment, applications, financial aid and scholarships)


2. Career Assessment Tool
Go to this link: http://www.123test.com/career-test/ and take the career assessment to determine a list of careers that might be of interest to you. Record your strongest Holland characteristics. Now go back to the descriptions of those characteristics.  What do you agree and disagree with in those descriptions when it comes to you and your interests?  Be specific.


3. Career Research and Power points