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Financial aid questions parents actually ask
The hard part is over! Your child was admitted to college. Now comes the “paying for it” part. We totally get it. Paying for college is a huge investment and one that should be taken with great care. There are all sorts of loans and grants and work study opportunities and a whole host of other kinds of financial aid. It’s hard to keep track of them all, let alone understand what each school’s financial aid award really means since they all look different.
Parents and families of admitted students ask a lot of questions about financial aid, as they should. It’s complicated, and I’d be skeptical if you told me that you didn’t find it confusing at least at some point in the whole process. There are the standard questions that families tend to ask, like these, and they’re good ones. I mean, we wouldn’t put it on our website if they weren’t, right?
But let’s go a little deeper. Parents, let’s get real for a moment.
(more…)12 gifs that are too real if you applied to Juniata
Wait, where did this year go? Like, actually. I can’t find it. I think I left it in 2019 somewhere. I feel like I just started reading applications a week ago, and now it’s half way through April. Many of you have already found your future home at Juniata, some of you are still deciding (Don’t worry, we’re still here!). You all have one thing in common. You all applied to Juniata. Did your journey look something like this?
When you discover that Juniata even exists in the first place:
A Juniata admissions life hack that will, you know, change your life.
Are you ready? This life hack is super simple and it takes only a couple of minutes, then BOOM! Life = Changed
Are you sure?
Reeeaaaallllly sure??
Alright let’s go!
(more…)My Juniata Parent Story – Erin Steward P’23
College? Wait, didn’t we just bring him home from the hospital? Our cute little bundle of joy who never liked going to bed, how is he 17 and facing the biggest decision of his life (well, so far at least) – COLLEGE!
(more…)So, you’re starting the college search journey…
Did you know? – Every year, college-ready students around the country opt to not attend college because they lack needed information and guidance.
Did you know? – The college application process is potentially one of the most stressful times of a student’s high school career.
Did you know? – The reality is, there are hundreds of millions of scholarship dollars available in the United States, and many — if not most — of these scholarships are attainable by regular students with regular accomplishments –
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