Your College Admissions and Financial Aid Resource Guide

Welcome to the Grown and Flown College Resources Guide. This page is a place for members of the College Admissions: Grown and Flown members to find all of the resources our admissions experts have shared with them during weekly LIVE sessions. We made the resource guide public and added extra information, because this is such useful information, and we wanted to share it with everyone. If you are looking to work with college admissions and affordability experts, knowledgable guides who can answer all of your questions, please considering joining us.

 

College admissions timelines, what to do when

Each student is different and their goals and progress are as well. We don’t think any of these checklists/timelines work for every teen, but here are some of the best for you to pick and choose.

Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy, walks you through all 4 years of high school 

Khan Academy timeline with more focus on junior and senior year 

 

Paying for college, only your house cost more

Paying for college is a highly complex and every other week Jeff Levy works with our membership to pick apart this intricate and essential part of the process. 

Which colleges are generous with financial and merit aid (a downloadable, sortable guide to over 300 colleges) 

Important upcoming changes to the FAFSA

Places to look for scholarships: Cappex, Fastweb, Unigo

Locating Expected Family Contribution (on each college’s website) and The College Board EFC calculator

A quick guide to student loans

How to appeal a financial aid award (and yes you can)

Researching colleges, its all about finding fit

 

Making a college list

 

Applying, where it all comes together

Early decision and regular decision acceptance rates

 

Visiting campus, the rubber meets the road

 

Applying with Learning Differences

Autism in college information hub

 

The Essays, where teens really shine

 

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