How to Apply to College will empower learners of all backgrounds to demystify and better understand the college search and selection process, combining the expertise of an Ivy League admissions office and a leading college access and success organization. Led by expert educators, including Eric J. Furda, Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sean Vereen, President of Steppingstone Scholars, Inc., this free course will help students, family members, college counselors and any inquisitive learner to navigate each stage from the start of the college search process through the transition into a college environment. Through dialogue with students applying to and currently in college as well as campus advocates, How to Apply to College also aims to close the information gap for students who may be the first in their family to attend college and students who are underrepresented in higher education. A range of video and web resources are provided through a collaboration with a number of educational partners including The Common Application, with nearly 700 colleges on the application platform, and Raise.me, which provides a new way for high school students to earn money for college starting in 9th grade based on their achievements in school and life. Other resources and tools featured in the course include Naviance, College Greenlight, College Scorecard, BigFuture by the College Board, College and Pell Abacus, ZeeMee and Federal Student Aid.
Student Advice on Working and Paying for College
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Paying for College
This segment provides insight into the resources available to make college affordable with step-by-step exercises to enable students and families to apply for financial aid. Financial aid professionals and Steppingstone Scholars will discuss their experiences applying for financial aid. Viewers will also be introduced to Raise.me for college scholarship resources and Pell Abacus to learn about college "net prices."
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Eric J. FurdaDean of Admissions
Dr. Sean VereenPresident
Steppingstone Scholars, Inc.
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So what other kinds of financial aid forms did you have to fill out?
So I know that there's the FAFSA, Ben and
Courtney I think you can really speak to this and everybody knows that that's kind
of the gateway to getting assistance with paying for college.
But did you guys have work study or an off campus job or things of that nature?
What other applications or
what other forms did you guys have to fill out in reference to financial aid?
>> Aside from the physical documents,
I did apply for a lot of work study positions at Lee High.
I had one work study position for both semesters at Lee High.
And actually next Monday I'm going to start my work study,
working as a pre season counsellor there.
And it's really great because the school really works with you.
It's called work study for a reason.
Your, you got to school and they, schools is honestly more important than,
it's your number one priority.
So if you have any academic
responsibilities that you have to prioritize over your work study.
It's important for you to communicate with your boss or whoever's coordinating it,
because more than likely that you do whatever that you need to do.
Aside from just like aside from the work study and the academic part,
my one biggest advice I can give, is to prioritize everything.
Because, alongside the academics,
it's really important to keep up with your peers and your friends on a social level.
Making connections and just like
having fun with your friends is honestly just as important as doing well in school.
But of course, prior to high school, over everything.
>> That makes sense.
Courtney?
>> So asides from Vespa and other forms, I did apply for work study.
Past years that I've been in college, and I was denied both times.
>> Okay, and what was that experience like?
Because that means you have to pursue- >> It was hard because essentially,
when applying for work-study,
the people that accept you, expect you to go to school.
Expect you to do your homework, expect you to know that school comes first.
And in this case, I had to apply for
a job that didn't have anything to do with school.
So I wasn't exactly sure how one, I would've been treated.
And I didn't want to feel pressured that I had to drop out of school or
not go to school or take less classes just to work.
And that was really, really, really hard for
me because in order to have money to go on trips here and
there, to take home for a vacation and other things going on in life.
I had to fund it for myself so I got a little job at Walgreens
and the shift that I was working was 5 PM to 12 AM.
And it was really, really hard for me because I had to go to school.
I had a 8 AM three days a week.
But I had to make it work.
So it was very, very hard, but scholarships.
[LAUGH] Scholarships, they're everything.
>> Okay.
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So let's start with one of the most important aspects of applying to college,
which is paying for college.
How exactly, did you guys finance this often expensive process?
>> So, the first thing's first, scholarships, and
I just wanted to stress that scholarships are really, really important.
And finding any scholarship that you can apply to, whatever the amount may be,
it's just going to help you so much during college.
With that being said,
I did have difficulty getting scholarships because I'm an undocumented student.
But luckily, applying to Penn's financial aid process was really a big help for
me in order to get the financial aid that I needed.
>> Yeah, speaking about Penn.
As someone who applied early decision to Penn, I got accepted early and
then luckily, or fortunately, I got accepted early.
And Penn gave me a really generous financial aid.
And with that being said I decided to apply for the mayor's scholarship, and
in addition to that I received practically a full ride to Penn.
And so I didn't really necessarily have to apply for outside scholarships but
I know that a lot of my friends after they received their aid they also
decided to apply for programs like the Gates of Millenium for example.
And I think you also mentioned that you are also in Mayor's scholarship as well.
Do you want to talk about that as well?
>> Sure, so I'm a Mayor's scholar.
A Mayor's scholar is basically, how do I say this?
It's an organization in Philadelphia or
a scholarship organization run by the Mayor's office of Philadelphia.
And it's for approximately 125 Philadelphia students a year.
To attend Penn they basically emplaced a what is called the Penn grant.
A grant is an amount of money that you don't have to pay back in your financial
aid process.
In place of what would be an institutional grant the city gives us a grant in
order to go to school.
In addition to the mayor scholar, I applied to the mayor's scholarship I also
applied to more local scholarships so I was a bit wary of the national scholarship
process so I tended to apply to Philadelphia student only scholarships.
Like the Ronald McDonald Scholarship actually gave me about $5,000 and
then I applied to a local sorority scholarship and
they gave me $1,000 which was really helpful in financing
costs that often aren't accounted for in the expected cost.
So things like a laptop and yeah.
>> You did mention something about expenses and
I do want to emphasize that working during college,
specifically work-study if it is in your financial aid package.
It was really helpful with allowing me to get books and living expenses just like
your basic utilities day to day especially meals during the week.
>> Yeah.
So you spoke about work-study earlier.
And I just want to say I 'm also a work-study student And at first like
coming into freshman year I really was like nervous about taking on a job and
attending an Ivy League institution.
And like learning how to bounce between extracurriculars, studying, my classes.
But now I was told that I also should work and at first, I was kind of of weary.
But as a pre-medical student,
I realized that I could tackle two birds with one stone.
So with that being said, I found my position in a lab, in a biomedical lab.
And they pay me to do research.
But at the same time, I'm also building my resume.
I'm learning outside of the classroom.
And that's something that I never had.
In high school or growing up so
I think like having a work study job can be extremely beneficial in this sense.
>> I also have a similar experience so
after college I'd like to go into community development.
And one of my,
actually two of my work study positions involves working off campus.
They're excellent positions.
For one of them, I'm in a school in West Philadelphia, and I basically help run a K
through 2 choir and a larger music program that offers piano, drumming and choir.
It's, I love it.
I love my kids.
And it's one of the, without, I couldn't imagine Penn without that work study job.
I recently this year just started another work study
job called the Civic Development Friendship.
It's in partnership with one of the centers on campus.
And That's also great it involved developing a parent
network in West Philadelphia towards the Modesto community schools,
which is exactly what I want to do after college.
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