Attention Seniors & Parents!
Attention Seniors and Parents!
To Parents:
School is well underway and our high school seniors are scrambling to get their college lists finalized and their applications finished. Students are furiously writing college essays, working hard to keep a balance with all their senior classes and the demands of football, band and/or whatever else they are involved in this fall.
Both articles in this newsletter are geared to seniors and their parents, but they are equally good for all parents with high school students. The article about the Fall To Do List is an important one for juniors to take to heart now. Some of the items on this list can be done earlier than fall of the student’s senior year. All items on the list are good, solid bits of advice.
The second article is one of many I will be sending out this fall about the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE. Both will open October 1st, 2021 for seniors and their parents in the class of 2022.
The sooner the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE can be submitted to the schools requesting both documents after October 1st, the better. The article in this newsletter is addressing the EFC (Expected Family Contribution).
As we move into fall and all the exciting events seniors are looking forward to like homecoming and special senior tradition days, please support your seniors in being good listeners. Our students are under a lot of stress. It is scary being a senior and realizing for the first time that they really ARE going to be leaving home next fall! It is no longer a distant idea, it is very much becoming a reality. Each time they submit an application to college, they are reminded of this.
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy day to read my newsletter. It is my goal to help both high school students and their parents have the best experience possible as they plan for college. I am grateful for you all and your teen-agers. This is both an exciting time for them and a stressful one filled with anxiety and insecurity. Do let me know how I can help. Teens are the most interesting humans on the planet. Every day is a new day in the life of teen.
Sincerely,
Catherine Marrs, CEP
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