I got this timely email from the folks at CollegeWeekLIve.
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As
May 1 Decision Day Approaches for High School Seniors, CollegeWeekLive Offers Expert
Advice for Comparing College Financial Aid Packages
For High
School Juniors and Their Parents, www.CollegeWeekLive.com is
a
Smarter Way to ‘Kick the Tires’ and Compare Colleges
Boston
– April 8, 2014 — For high school seniors, the May 1 Decision Day for placing a
deposit to reserve a spot in the class of 2018 at a college is fast
approaching. For parents, the cost of a four-year college education, which may
equal or exceed the cost of their home mortgage, begins with that confirmation
deposit. Fortunately, two live presentations at CollegeWeekLive All Access on Thursday April 17th
will help families better understand and compare college financial aid offer
letters and even consider alternative financing options.
At
2:00 p.m. Eastern, Jeannie Borin, President of College Connections, and Jodi
Okun, founder of College Financial Aid Advisors, will discuss, “College
Financial Aid Made Easy” at CollegeWeekLive, the popular website where more than a million students connect
with colleges and admissions experts live online each year. Jeannie and Jodi
have experience as a college admissions officer and college financial officer
respectively, and both are respected bloggers on college admissions and
financial aid for The Huffington Post.
At 5:00 p.m. Eastern,
representatives from Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S Department of
Education, will present “Financial Aid
Advice from the U.S. Department of Education.” For parents who are
trying to understand the difference between a Pell Grant and a Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant or the difference between a Perkins
Loan, a Direct Stafford Loan and a Direct PLUS Loan, this session is must-see
web TV.
For
high school sophomore and juniors, CollegeWeekLive offers a smarter and cost-effective
way to ‘kick the tires’ on colleges of interest, because this CollegeWeekLive
All Access event will feature more than 170 colleges
and universities, ranging from Bucknell University to NC State and UCLA.
Students and their families can browse specific information on each higher
education institution and chat live with admissions representatives and
participate in video chats with schools such as the American University of Rome,
Lawrence Tech University or Indiana Tech. Any student who logs in to
CollegeWeekLive and virtually visits with three or more colleges is automatically
eligible for a special drawing for a $2,500 scholarship.
If you are a
student, parent or counselor you can register for CollegeWeekLive at no cost. To learn how your college or university
can participate in CollegeWeekLive, contact 800.828.8222 or colleges@collegeweeklive.com.
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Students turn to
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Summer is around the corner! 
