WHAT TO DO TO TRANSFERCollege Knowledge 201

Know how to apply to your choice of colleges and universities

Understand the financial aid and scholarship process

Go from here to there confidently and competently

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www.petersons.com Your Comprehensive Guide to

Colleges

•Application•Application fee or waiver•Essays or personal statement•Official transcripts—

DO NOT OPEN!!!•Recommendations •Scholarship applications•Petition to graduate•Deadlines

Your story

Share what’s not apparent on transcripts

Provide a backdrop for academic achievements and choices

Describe passions, hardships, challenges

Avoid, “I’ve always wanted to be a_______” or “If you look up ‘_____’ in the dictionary….”

PROOF, PROOF, PROOF!

con·gru·ence        

(kŏng'grōō-əns, kən-grōō'-) n.  

Agreement, harmony, conformity, or correspondence

Source: dictionary.reference.com

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

-Japanese Proverb

Do u pass the test?

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• easyspot69@___________

• crazybit**87@__________

• snickerbutt@____________

The rundown

School deadlines for: applications scholarships financial aid

Track those trains

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

www.fafsa.ed.gov

FederalStateWork-studyLoans

W-2S ????

Estimate from year-end earning statement to

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Woo-whee! for the WUE

Western undergraduate tuition exchange program

150 percent of in-state tuition Alaska, Arizona, California,

Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

http://wue.wiche.edu/

Discover Idaho

New transfer incentive to go to Idaho 3.3 gpa or higher = up to $5,000

renewable Financial need = up to $8,000 renewable

School-specific scholarships

MEET THE DEADLINE !

Phi Theta Kappawww.ptk.org

cholarships

Career Services, Bldg 6 www.fastweb.com www.collegeboard.org

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.

-Yogi Berra

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