Your “Getting In” GuideA Guide to College and Financial Aid Planning

Class of 2012

THERE IS ONLY 1 COPY PER JUNIORPLEASE HOLD ON TO THESE BOOKS!!!!!

I will be highlighting areas of your “Getting In” book from KHEAA.

Please take the time to look at each chapter in more detail.

If you plan to go to college, you need to begin learning how to find out the information you

need. I can help, if you ask me!

Start at the BeginningStuff to know before you decide to Go!

Money! Money! Money!

Information about individual Schools in

KY

Page 3

Information about tests to take

How to explore careers

Combining College and Military

Page 5

PAY ATTENTION TO THE

REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR

THE ACT!

Page 7Some colleges require you to write an essay.

Read to understand about Early

Decision and Early Action.

The Common Market is

tricky!

Chapter 2 (page 13)

Page 14 There is money available for college…

BUT,You need to look for it or apply for it or

something!NO ONE is going to ask YOU if you need

money.

We offer 2 FAFSA workshops at Scott. They are not well-

attended.

REMEMBER, if you BORROW it, you

WILL have to pay it back!

Page 22

It’s all right here. There are

NO EXCUSES for not knowing what

to do. If something does not make sense,

ASK!!!!

Page 32-32Be Very Careful about Borrowing

Money!

Make sure your chosen career will

earn enough to allow you to pay back the loan at a reasonable

rate within a reasonable amount of

time.

Ya’ wanna new car sometime doncha’?

Pages 36-37This is what your college will send to you to let you know how much financial aid you can expect in order to attend their school. The higher the tuition, the more money you may get.

So what does that all mean?

It means that after all financial aid has been accounted for, you could possibly even go to a PRIVATE school for LESS money than you could attend a PUBLIC school!

Chapter 3 (page 43)

Page 89 (page # at bottom)A little about the

school. Where it is located.

Admissions/Application info

DeadlinesTuition and Fees

Here is a listing of all the Majors offered at

the school on this page. Check your ILP to match College Majors to your

Career Interests. (Yes, it tells you that on your

ILP)

BEWARE the DEBT Monster!

Look at these 2 schools

$25,898

$10,900

Pages 118-128PROBLEM: You know

what you want to study but don’t know where you could go

to study it…

LOOK HERE!

(We probably shouldn’t mention your ILP again as a

resource, should we?)

It’s like learning a new languagePages 129-132

On your handout:

Have Courage!