Resources
Here are a few links that we have found to be helpful for college planning
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The following links are a list of resources that we think are useful to know
Financial Aid
- FAFSA – Financial Aid for Students
- CSS Profile – Financial Aid for Students
- MEFA – Massachusetts Educational Funding Authority
- College Planning for High School Students – by MEFA
- FinAid – Go to Guide for College Financial Aid
- Fast Web
- uAspire
- Frank Financial Aid Services
- Embark
- College Board’s CSS Profile
- SwiftStudent – use to help you write a financial aid appeal letter
Scholarships
Summer & Gap Year
- Summer Springboard (in Medicine, Engineering, Business, etc.)
- Engineering Workshops for Kids by Tufts University
- Summer at Sea / Semester at Sea
- Tufts Pre-College Programs(several of the programs, including Coding 101 and International Relations will give college pre-matriculation credit)
- Barnard’s Pre-College Program
- Barnard’s Young Women Leadership Institute
- Into History? Try William and Mary’s History focused Pre-College Program
- Boston University’s Summer Programs for High Schoolers
- Teen Life- a collection of Summer programs
- K-12 Science and Engineering Programs Across the Country
- Boston Area Summer Programs for Middle and High-School Kids
- Online Business & Entrepreneurship Programin partnership with UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
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