NCASFAA Spring Conference April 9 - 12, 2017 Money Talks? Continuing the Conversation Between High School Counselors and Financial Aid Offices NCASFAA Spring Conference April 9 - 12, 2017

SESSION OUTLINE INTRODUCTIONS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH: FAFSA completion rates GOOGLE SURVEY WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE HERE REVIEW OF GOOGLE SURVEY INFORMATION NEW FAFSA TIMELINE PROBLEM SOLVING

INTRODUCTIONS WHAT IS THE NCSEAA COUNSELOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE?

NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016 FAFSA COMPLETION IN NC Number of public school seniors: 109,000 Number of seniors in FtF participating schools: 50,000 Percentage of seniors completing a FAFSA in FtF schools: 35-40% Percentage of seniors completing a FAFSA in non- FtF schools: 25 – 30% Number of public high schools with completion rates 50% or over: 31 (out of over 400 high schools) NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016

GOOGLE SURVEY https://goo.gl/forms/a1PNPCbIauNottlf2

SURVEY RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

NEW FAFSA TIMELINE FROM THE COUNSELOR PERSPECTIVE GREATER EMPHASIS ON FAFSA AS PART OF COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK AND COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS IN GENERAL Specific Activities counselors are doing How College Financial Aid Offices can help at the local high school level Situations that we are seeing with the new FAFSA timeline Suggestions on how to increase early completions

SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS Avery County Schools and Lees-McRae College Week of February 13th: “Fall in Love with FAFSA” In-school FAFSA completion events during the school day Person County Schools and South Piedmont CC Keep Calm and File Your FAFSA Parent Academies In-school FAFSA completion activities NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016

finish the faf a finish the faf a completion rate completion rate How it works: stem early college @ North Carolina a&T is competing against other Guilford County High Schools to increase the number of students who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The percentage increase is based on 2016-17 completion compared to 2015-16 completion. The top three high schools with over 100 students with the highest FAFSA percentage increase as of March 1, 2017, wins a prize for the entire senior class! The Rules: 1) FAFSAs must be complete. If a FAFSA is submitted, but still needs additional information, it will not count. Students who don’t know if their FAFSA has been completed should check with their school counselor. Reminders: The competition ends March 1. Note: Some colleges have their own internal fafsa conmpletion deadlines & separate applications for scholarships, in addition to completing the FAFSA. Please check deadlines with the college where you plan to apply. finish the faf a completion rate

NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016 LOUISBURG COLLEGE Cross training between financial aid and college admissions Increased enrollment by 82% NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016

PROBLEM SOLVING What can counselors do to increase FAFSA completion rates? Are there concerns about the RDS?

FAFSA COMPLETION RATES Want to know the FAFSA completion rates of a high school near you? Contact: Marcia Weston mweston@ncseaa.edu NCASFAA Spring Conference – April 10-13, 2016

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS SESSION!

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