Postsecondary Planning

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Our 9-lesson guide is designed to help your students take charge of their college journey, one step at a time.

This glossary explains common acronyms and terms in the financial aid process. 

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Here are some reliable places to turn to for advice and insight on the financial aid application process.

This customizable template outlines the seven most impactful changes to FAFSA and how they’ll improve the financial aid process for students and families.

This resource informs students where to get help filing the FAFSA. 

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This guide addresses the most common barriers to filing the FAFSA, especially for lower-income students. 

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Simple steps for students selected for the FAFSA verification process. 

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This resource addresses the misconception that the FAFSA takes a long time to complete and requires documentation that is difficult to access. 

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FAFSA and Pell Grant awarding is set to substantially change for the 2024-2025 academic year. These changes will have major impacts on your prospective and returning students and their families. 

Several of these changes should make the FAFSA easier to complete, and hopefully, increase the number of filings, as well as expand access to Pell Grants. But for this to happen, families need to be made aware of these upcoming changes. 

EAB’s student communication and financial aid experts are creating a suite of adaptable, ready-to-use content you can use to walk students and families through the changes and encourage FAFSA submissions. 

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This guide addresses the professional judgment/special circumstances appeal process and how to indicate on the FAFSA that a parent/guardian is unemployed. 

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This worksheet helps students calculate and compare cost for the colleges they're most interested in. 

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This resource addresses the misconception that the FAFSA takes a long time to complete and requires documentation that is difficult to access.

Download our "College Fit Kit" to help your students Plan, Prepare, Decide, and Apply to the best college for their needs and interests to ensure they have a bright future. 

Plan

What Sets You Apart? 
My College Search Calendar: Junior Year 
Your Application: Now and Then
My College Search Calendar: Senior Year

Prepare

Planning Your Campus Visits 
College Net Price Calculators 
Speak the Language: College Admissions 
Financial Aid Vocab Cheat Sheet 
Choosing Your Team 
Getting Letters of Recommendation 
Scholarship Application Guide 
The FAFSA: The Most Important Financial Aid Form You’ll Ever Fill Out 

Decide 

Choosing Your College Priorities 
4 Steps to Finding the Best College Deal 
College Visit Checklist 

Apply

5½ Steps to Writing a College Admissions Essay 
College Application Checklist

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. The two discuss Dr. Peterson’s work at Penn and what they’ve each learned through their respective research on ways race and ethnicity help shape everything about a student’s academic development. 

Recorded prior to the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in admissions, the two also speculate on potential impacts from that ruling and offer advice to university leaders on how to better support students of color already on campus, as well as those just beginning their college search.