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Mapping Your Future introduces new website design to benefit students, families, schools

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By Catherine Mueller Mapping Your Future recently redesigned its website to provide a fresh look, while still providing access to important information regarding money management and planning and paying for college, as well as information for financial aid professionals. Students, parents, counselors and financial aid professionals will now find easier access to college, career, money management,

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How to navigate the new Mapping Your Future website

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By Catherine Mueller With every move, things are in a new place. The new design of the Mapping Your Future website features revised navigation and new graphics. The home page contains a variety of information about Mapping Your Future, including links to recent Newsroom posts. The top navigation for the website includes tabs for Home, About

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July tasks for high school seniors

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By Catherine Mueller During your senior year, you finalized your college choice. This year was filled with admission applications, scholarship essays, financial aid information, and deadlines. Below are the tasks you should complete during the month of July: Congratulations! It’s time to get ready to start college.

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Mapping Your Future website and contact information updates

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By Beth Ziehmer Exciting things are happening at Mapping Your Future! In particular, the long-awaited new website is within days of being released. The homepage will remain MappingYourFuture.org, but other pages may have a new web address. The new website will provide much of the same content to which you are accustomed, with a fresh, updated

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Practice budgeting skills with summer job earnings

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By Catherine Mueller A summer job offers many benefits for students in addition to the money earned. Of course, there’s the opportunity for work experience, but students can also practice some important life skills with their summer jobs. One of those life skills is managing a budget (sometimes called a spending plan) for those summer earnings.

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Updated “preview” presentation now available for the current FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller At first, it seems a little unusual – receiving an update to a FAFSA preview presentation when the 2024-25 FAFSA was released almost 6 months ago. But, then again, this year has been anything but typical. In a June 12 update to an Electronic Announcement issued last year, the Department of Education said

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Department updates guide to monitor transfer students and their financial aid history

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By Catherine Mueller It may be an indication of the rapid change within our industry. The Department of Education last week announced the availability of the updated NSLDS Transfer Student Monitoring & Financial Aid History User Guide and Record Layouts. The last version was just issued late in 2023. The Department said this updated manual, dated

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Tip of the Week – June 12, 2024

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Tip of the Week A fitting tribute My husband’s father passed away suddenly and much too soon. A recent college graduate just about ready to embark on his own life, my husband faced the task of cleaning out his dad’s university office. In the midst of his grief, he went through the old files and

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Mapping Your Future releases new logo

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By Catherine Mueller Just like students receiving admission into a college that sets them on a path to a successful future, that’s what it was for Mapping Your Future when we began as a project about 27 years ago. Through the years, we’ve seen a lot of changes both in the industry and in our own

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Department working to resolve NSLDS display issue

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By Catherine Mueller Financial aid professionals may have noticed incorrect loan information being displayed in NSLDS for some borrowers. In a June 5 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said it has identified an issue on the Loan Summary page of the NSLDS Professional Access website that results in the display of incorrect loan details. “Our initial

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