1. What Now? I Didn’t Get In/ I Can’t Afford It Revised 8/2013

2. What Now?

3. Agenda Your College Degree BlueprintRe-Draft: I Didn’t Get InRe-Draft: I Can’t Afford ItTake-Action: Now What?

4. Your College Degree Blueprint COLLEGE DEGREE DESIRE-MOTIVATION-REASON PLAN GOAL FOUNDATION

5. Your College Degree Blueprint COLLEGE DEGREE FIELD OF STUDY PERSONAL CAPACITY DESIRE-MOTIVATION-REASON SCHOOL FINANCING PLAN GOAL FOUNDATION

6. Your College Degree Blueprint: Plan A University of Washington Full funding Music full-time school I want to support my family COLLEGE DEGREE PLAN GOAL FOUNDATION

7. Your College Degree Blueprint: Plan B Oregon State University Part-time work, scholarships Music full-time school I want to support my family COLLEGE DEGREE PLAN GOAL FOUNDATION

8. Your College Degree Blueprint COLLEGE DEGREE FIELD OF STUDY CAPACITY DESIRE-MOTIVATION-REASON SCHOOL FINANCING PLAN GOAL FOUNDATION

9. Agenda Your College Degree BlueprintRe-Draft: I Didn’t Get InRe-Draft: I Can’t Afford ItTake-Action: Now What?

10. Re-Draft: I Didn’t Get In  Find a substitute school that meets your needs  Location, size, cost of attendance, program of study, support services, etc  Consider an honors college  Appeal  Begin classes on an “off-term”  Ask about strengthening your application  Research options for transferring ?

11. Agenda Your College Degree BlueprintRe-Draft: I Didn’t Get InRe-Draft: I Can’t Afford ItTake-Action: Now What?

12. Re-Draft: I Can’t Afford It  Appeal award letter  Ask for more aid for special circumstances  Ask to convert type of aid  Seek external funding (scholarships)  Work  Part-Time Enrollment  Budget  Tuition reimbursement  Your employer  Your parents employer  Peace Corps (peacecorps.gov)  27-month international service commitment  Living stipend while serving + $7,425 after  Loan deferment and partial cancellation options

13. Re-Draft: I Can’t Afford It  Americorps (americorps.gov)  Full-time with living stipend or part-time  Education award for up to 2 years of service  Individual Development Accounts (www.cfed.org)  Need-based savings account  Contributions are matched by participating organizations  Military Scholarships/Grants  Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)  Montgomery G.I. Bill (www.gibill.va.gov)  National Guard  Increased possibility of deployment  Private/alternative loans (LAST RESORT)  Borrow from Perkins, Stafford and PLUS first  Short-term, temporary fix

14. Re-Draft: I Can’t Afford It  Transferring from a community college  Defer enrollment  Different school

15. Agenda Your College Degree BlueprintRe-Draft: I Didn’t Get InRe-Draft: I Can’t Afford ItTake-Action: Now What?

16. Take Action: Now What?  Take a deep breath  Talk to someone  Restate for yourself what it is you want  Figure out which piece(s) needs to be re- drafted  Identify what your options are  Make a plan  Start

17. Take Action: Now What? School A Enough aid with job Not preferred environment/support services School B Not enough aidPrefers this school School C Enough aidNot preferred

18. Take Action: Now What? School A What do I need to figure out? By When? Who do I need to talk to? By When? When will I start school? How will I pay for it? What has to be done between now and then to meet that timeline? School B What do I need to figure out? By When? Who do I need to talk to? By When? When will I start school? How will I pay for it? What has to be done between now and then to meet that timeline? School C What do I need to figure out? By When? Who do I need to talk to? By When? When will I start school? How will I pay for it? What has to be done between now and then to meet that timeline?

19. Now What?

20. Resources  YOUR FINANCIAL AID OFFICE  YOUR ADMISSIONS OFFICE

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