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Blog Archive: Applying to College

Tate and Cooper
Cooper Hodgeman and Tate Parker have been challenging each other since elementary school, particularly when it comes to building things. 鈥淢y earliest memory of Tate was the fourth-grade garden trellis building contest. I was so mad when his group beat mine for first place,鈥 says Cooper, who lives in鈥
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Hannah Heinchon
As a graduate student pursuing her master鈥檚 in social work, Hannah Heinchon thought she wanted to become a child counselor. But an internship in family counseling uncovered a far greater need, that turned into a passion and a calling. 鈥淚 remember I was working with a family who was homeless and鈥
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Passy Matendo
When Passy Matendo signs on to a Zoom meeting, her name appears on the screen as 鈥淢aombi.鈥 鈥淚t鈥檚 what I鈥檓 called at home,鈥 she explains. In Swahili, the word literally means 鈥減rayers鈥 or 鈥渟upplications,鈥 and as a name, it is often loosely translated as 鈥済ift from God.鈥 Since coming to the U.S. from鈥
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choosing college
The updated FAFSA was delayed this fall, and the impact of that three-month delay rolled down the line to colleges, families, and students. College financial aid offices are now scrambling to process student financial data and to get their aid decisions out to families as quickly as possible鈥
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fafsa written in nootebook
If you鈥檙e planning on college or training after high school, this year鈥檚 FAFSA overhaul has reminded many of us that waiting can be frustrating. The U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) updated their student financial aid (FAFSA) forms for the first time since Ronald鈥
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Kirsty Greeno
When Kirsty Greeno was growing up, she moved around a lot, mostly through Vermont and a bit of Maine. Before completing high school, Kirsty, her sister and their single father relocated multiple times, moving from Rutland to Salisbury, then to Middlebury, followed by Whiting, and finally settling in鈥
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