Six Steps To Help Students Get Into, And Pay For, College

Thursday, March 1, 2018

AndPayFor, College (NAPSA)—Getting into college can seem complicated, even overwhelming—buthelpis available. To support students and families, the College Board—the creator of the SAT and Advanced Placement—has launched a first-of-its-kind national scholarship program that serves as a simple college planning guideforall stu- dents.It explains what to do and when to doit. These College Board Opportunity Scholarshipslay outsix simple steps that all students can take to get into college. Completing each step will earn a chance for a scholarship; completing all six will earn students a chance to win $40,000 fortheir college education. ‘Thesesix steps help students plan by making a goodstartercollegelist, help themprepareso they can take their best shotandhelp them pay for college: 1. Build a College List—Students get started by exploring colleges they're interestedin. 2. Practice for the SAT—Students use Official SAT Practice on Khan Acad- emyto help them get readyfortest day. 3. Improve SAT Scores—Students College Board Opportunity Scholarships Anewkindof scholarship opportunity can help students getthe educationof their dreams. grow, not how high they score. They don’t require an essay or an application and don’t have a minimum GPA or SAT score requirement.Instead, the program rewardsall students’ efforts and actions ontheir wayto college. The moreeffort students putin and actions they complete, the more chances they have to earn a college scholarship. ‘The College Board is investing $25 show how practice paysoff by improv- million over five years. A total of $5 A. Strengthen College Lists—Students make suretheircollegelist is a mix of academicsafety, fit and reach schools. class, beginning with theclass of 2020. ingtheir SAT score. 5.Complete the FAFSA—Students fill out the free government form to applyfor financialaid. 6.Apply to Colleges—Students apply to the schoolsthey wantto attend. A Big Difference Onething that makesthese scholarships different from other programsis that they're about how much students million is available for each graduating Allstudentsareinvited. How To Sign Up Students can sign up at www.CB.org/ Opportunity andgoto BigFuture to create a starterlist of six colleges in which they're interested. Just by making that list, they earn a chance for a $500 schol- arship. Then,they can take the next step toward earning a $40,000 scholarship by going to SATPractice.org to receive free, personalized practice on Khan Academy.

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