Engaging Students Series: Seniors: Part 3 March 26, 2015 Part of the GuidedPath Best Practices Series
Your Hostess Cyndy McDonald -Middle school and high school counselor -Experience working in college access program AVID -Founder of HECA, MyCCA.net and co-founder of GuidedPath -Passion for education -First generation college student
Webinar Agenda Agenda- Part 3 Recording admission decisions Comparing financial aid Merit scholarships Making enrollment decisions Analyzing acceptances Having the “talk” about college affordability Register now! April 16 10am PST/1pm EST Details at It’s game time!
Coming Next: Using GP to stay in touch Agenda- Using GuidedPath to stay in touch with your students Learn now to use features of GP to reach students and keep them on task throughout the entire college planning and application process. Ideas for scaling and streamlining your practice Preview of upcoming features Register now! Details at
Engaging Seniors: Recording Admissions Decisions Student Behavior - day by day -follow up not developed skill - moving on Make it beneficial for students to follow up! What is your strategy? GP Poll
Made easy: one step 1. Navigate to Decisions page 2. Click pencil icon to open field to enter responses.
Comparing Financial Aid Awards Beloit American
Merit Scholarships Part of the college planning process
Coming soon Online Award comparison grid BeloitAmericanBrandeis Tuition Room and Board Direct Costs Total: Books/Supplies Personal Expenses Transportation Indirect Costs Total: TOTAL COST Estimated Family Contribution Need
Making Enrollment decisions Evaluating “best fit” and acceptances Tools and resources
Analyzing Acceptances Reports for board/company Start “alumni network” Track patterns Drive decisions for next year’s class
Having the talk Having the “talk” about college affordability
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