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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Higher Ed News Vol. 16 – Issue 12 Mapping Your Future releases new logo It’s as if the stars were aligned. Subscribe to the Mapping Your Future newsletters If you are going to sign up for another newsletter, make sure it is something you can use. Mapping Your Future’s newsletters offer timely tips and important
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Early Awareness E-News June 2024Vol. 16 – Issue 6 Five reasons to complete the FAFSA Completing the FAFSA can make the difference when it comes to pursuing your dreams for the future. Two FAFSA Simplification changes impacting financial aid offers Students across the country are now beginning to receive their long-awaited financial aid offers, and
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Early Awareness E-News May 2024Vol. 16 – Issue 5 Resources to help with FAFSA corrections This week, the Department of Education is emailing students and contributors who still need to make a correction to a 2024-25 FAFSA form, as well as to those who started a form, but did not yet submit it. Accessing the
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After successfully completing your FAFSA, you should celebrate your accomplishment. However, don’t celebrate so much that you forget you will have other tasks to complete. One of those tasks is to review your FAFSA Submission Summary. One to three days after a student submits a 2024-25 FAFSA (and provided a valid email address), the student
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To help high school educators and college access professionals communicate with students about the importance of the 2024-25 FAFSA, Mapping Your Future created the “4 reasons why you should complete the FAFSA” flyer. The flyer was recently updated with new insight in completing the 2024-25 FAFSA. The flyer is available in English and in Spanish. Mapping Your Future
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By Catherine Mueller The asset information required and who has to report assets changed beginning with the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). If a student or the parents meet one of the following criteria, then they will be exempt from providing asset information: A student or parent who is required to report assets
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By Catherine Mueller When all else fails, sometimes it’s best to just best to start over but not give up. For some students and parents encountering errors with their 2024-25 FAFSA (such as greyed-out boxes that don’t allow them to move forward) the best action to take to ensure getting access to financial aid is to
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