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Federal Student Aid - FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Students must complete the FAFSA to apply for federal financial aid. Colleges will use a student’s FAFSA information to determine eligibility for federal, state, and inst...
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Getting Organized By far the most important first step is to make a list or calendar of important dates and deadlines related to the application process. Make sure students are following their high school's internal deadlines for things like requ...
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What is a major? Your major in college is your specialized area of study. Beyond general college requirements, you'll also take a group of courses in a subject of your choosing such as Chemistry, Comparative Literature, or Political Science. At som...
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As a student starts identifying college preferences, the classifications of colleges can be confusing to understand. Here are some common college types and their definitions, which you can use to have conversations with your students about their pre...
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Why Alt-Pathways? Alternate pathways exploration can happen with your students at any stage of the iMentor program. All of our students are required to apply to at least one college, but we encourage you to talk to your students about alternate ...
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Tracker Basics Trackers live on your homepage/dashboard and you can create trackers to show you the status of all of your students for a given task. You can create trackers for almost everything on the task list. There are many ways to create a tra...
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Why Data? Based on the size and scale of our program, we want to make sure we use data to: Create actionable priorities. Streamline communication between PMs, school-based staff, and mentors to ensure that all students are tracked and up-to-da...
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Partner agencies are responsible for the onboarding of new program facilitation staff. The iMentor team can provide resources to support base training, including the materials below, and Partnership Managers can also help strategize as partners deve...
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The HS Program Implementation workbook only represents program engagement (i.e., online and in-person meetings) and mentee/mentor touch point data for matched pairs that have closed at least one lesson together. If you can't locate your name in t...
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Learn more about scholarships for undocumented students from this handout from Unlocal . TheDream.US is the nation’s largest college access and success program for undocumented students. Their National Scholarship is considered the “Pell Grant” ...
