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  1. Budgeting

    Getting Started To make a budget, you need to analyze your income and expenses .  First, record all of your income. Your income might come from things like:  Salary/wages  Free money: grants and scholarships or gifts  loans  You can jus...
  2. Financial Aid Gaps and Appeals

    Financial Aid Gaps When you apply the student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC) toward the Cost of Attendance (COA), you are left with the student's documented financial need, all of which are associated with aid eligibility. However, just beca...
  3. After FAFSA Checklist

    Submitting the FAFSA is an important step in the financial aid process. But there is still more to do. This article lists the next steps in the process. Check out this student facing document on financial aid next steps from FormYourFuture,  R...
  4. Academic Probation and What Students and Mentors Can Do

    No student enters college with a goal receiving academic warnings or being placed on academic probation. However, the reality is that many students will struggle academically and may find themselves at risk of being on academic probation and losing ...
  5. Office Hours: Why You Should Go and What to Talk About

    You know it's important to go to office hours, but what do you say when you get there?  If you're not sure, check out these conversation tips from UC Berkeley on how to get started with office hours.   ...
  6. Making the Grades: Campus Resources to Help You Win at College

    With just a few hours of class a week, college may seem easier than high school, but professors have a completely different set of expectations about the kind of work you do, and they will expect you to do most of it outside of class, without t...
  7. The College Application Process

    Overview These activities are designed to help you: Understand how to complete regional-based college applications. Think about how mentors can be leveraged in the different aspects of a mentee’s application. Consider connecting with another...
  8. 10th Grade Lessons and Events

    In the 10th Grade, pairs will explore how to grow interests into passions with time and practice, and explore their interests by getting involved in activities and planning summer. Pairs will apply a growth mindset to their academic goals . Students...
  9. Matching

    Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring - Matching and Initiating Excerpt This excerpt is from the premier resource in the field for mentoring with regards to implementation best-practices.  While iMentor's approach to matching is rooted i...
  10. Matching

    Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring - Matching and Initiating Excerpt This excerpt is from the premier resource in the field for mentoring with regards to implementation best-practices.  While iMentor's approach to matching is rooted i...