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If you receive a college admissions response letter that states that you were Wait-listed, it simply means that you are “on the fence” academically of what their school considers to be acceptable for them for that given year. Your grades and scores are good enough to be considered, but not good enough for them to grant you admission without seeing something extra.
College admission standards are more competitive than they’ve ever been. Students with great grades that were once considered a “sure thing” for admission are now being looked at a little closer – because of the influx of exceptional students applying to their college for admission and the exceptional students are being granted admission first. Then they will re-evaluate the “fence sitters” that were placed on their college’s wait list.
In most cases, the college’s admissions office want to see an improvement in your grades, possibly another letter of recommendation, and/or a higher score gained after retaking the ACT and/or SAT exams over again.
Now, If you really want to get accepted to a particular college that wait-listed, here are 3 things you can do now to increase your chances of getting accepted: (more…)
The process of completing the FAFSA can feel overwhelming and time consuming when you first get started. Making mistakes on your FAFSA can delay the processing of your application and cause you to possibly miss out on thousands of dollars in scholarships, grants and other forms of financial aid that you could have been entitled to receive. Also, if you receive federal student aid, state aid or school aid because your FAFSA contained incorrect information, you’re obligated to repay it.
To help you avoid some of these common mistakes, I researched, gathered some information from the US Department of Education on why FAFSA applications are rejected, and complied a list of areas that you should pay specific attention to.
Now is the time to start gathering the necessary documents to help you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You must complete the FAFSA in order for the U.S. Department of Education to determine your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and your eligibility for the federal student aid programs. Your FAFSA information is also used by state education agencies and schools to determine your eligibility for state and school aid.
Here’s a list of documents that you and your parents will need to help you complete the FAFSA such as: (more…)
In the November Financial Aid Time-line Lesson, Sedgwick will explain to you in details the financial aid tasks that you should complete in the month of November.
Provided below is an overview of what you should be doing for the month of November to help you apply for scholarships and financial aid; and those financial aid tasks are…
To learn step-by-step instructions about applying for scholarships and financial aid in the November Financial Aid Time-line Lesson, log-in to your annual membership account and you will have access to the full lesson. To become a member, click here to Register Now.
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