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Blog Archive: Preparing for College Costs
Investing in yourself, building confidence, living your passion: Vermont students share what learning means to them.
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Back-to-school can mean anything from daycare drop-off and the first big yellow bus ride to a shiny new set of tools or dorm move-in day. As students of all ages head to school this September, National College Savings Month reminds families about the importance of focusing on future education, too鈥
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While the process was unfamiliar, Amon Chumba learned that good grades will get you far in any country.
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The 802Opportunity program allows any Vermonter with an annual household income of $75,000 or less, who does not have a bachelor鈥檚 degree, to attend the Community College of Vermont (CCV) cost-free.
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Lizzie Vaughan grew up on a dairy farm in South Ryegate, and her involvement in 4-H and the ag program at Riverbend Technical Center helped her fall in love with farming. Now, she鈥檚 going on to college to find her career path.
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Emily Qiu, a senior at Oxbow High School, is a standout student. She鈥檚 in the top five of her graduating class, she鈥檚 taken many honors classes and college-level dual enrollment courses, and she鈥檚 been inducted into both the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society. But Emily鈥
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National 529 Day is May 29 (5-29, get it?), highlighting the advantages of 529 savings plans in helping families prepare for education after high school. In the Green Mountain State, we have a plan鈥攃alled VT529鈥攚ith added tax benefits to help your savings for college or training grow further. What鈥
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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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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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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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