Financial Aid for a College Education is a tool to help you present a financial aid workshop for your students. The PowerPoint provides you with suggested talking points to help you identify key points needed for the workshop. The talking points that accompany the PowerPoint presentation may be used alone or in conjunction with the PowerPoint Presentation. Created with input from high school counselors, financial aid professionals, and the High School Counselor Advisory Committee, the presentation's structure contains:
- The Financial Aid Process – This section walks a student through the 2008-09 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process, including electronic filing on the Internet. The Personal Identification Number (PIN) feature is addressed as well as the Renewal FAFSA on the Web.
- Grant Programs – Students can learn about the federal and state grant programs and their applications.
- Scholarship Programs – The qualifications for federal and state scholarship programs are reviewed as well as those for scholarships available for special programs.
- Employment – This section helps answer the questions that many students have about working while in college and how it affects their financial aid.
- Federal Loan Programs – The three largest educational loan programs are outlined in simple, easy-to-understand language for students and parents.
- Other Financial Aid Sources – Students have other options such as their employer, civic organizations, and the Internet.
Accessing Financial Aid for a College Education
To download the PowerPoint presentation from this site, follow the steps listed below.
To run the slide show, use Windows Explorer to locate and open the destination folder where the slide show was copied and double-click on “collegekit.ppt”, click on “Slide Show”, then “View Show”. You may choose to use the PowerPoint Viewer option by selecting an “Advanced Slide” method and/or the “Options” button.
You may run the presentation in one of the following ways:
- To control the timing of the presentation as you are presenting, use the left mouse button and click to “Advance Your Presentation”. Using the right mouse button, click to reverse your presentation;
- Select “Use Automatic Timing” (located under Slide Show/Set Up Show) to run the presentation with the preset timing (approximately 5 minutes between slides). You can click and hold the left mouse button at any time to pause the presentation, release to restart the automatic presentation; or
- To allow the presentation to run continuously on its own, click on “Loop Continuously until ‘Esc” (located under Slide Show/Set Up Show) and “Use Automatic Timings”. Press the Esc key to return to the PowerPoint View dialog box.
NOTE: If you cannot view the PowerPoint presentation, we have provided a link to download the free PowerPoint Viewer software for PC’s using Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT. The link to download the software is located below.
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