Helpful Websites
Virtual college visits
Pacific Northwest College Admission Association (PNACAC) Virtual College Fair : October 5 through 9 – Pacific Northwest College Admission Association (PNACAC) Virtual College Fair - Anyone who "visits" a booth in 2020 will be added to the college's inquiry list. Check out the schedule for "live" sessions and register now at https://pnacac.swoogo.com/PNACAC.
NACAC Virtual College Fair
10/12 - NACAC Virtual College Fair: Meet virtually with admission representatives, current students, faculty, and staff to explore colleges. Check out this short video to help you make the most of the fair. Visit https://www.nacacfairs.org/virtual/ for information and registration details
Students and families have lost opportunities in their college search due to COVID-19.This is designed to help students and colleges connect safely during the COVID-19 crisis.
Oregon Goes to College is providing an online “Spring College Night”- the type of event you would have held for your class of 2021 families if COVID-19 hadn’t happened.
This is a link to Oregon college or university hosted website pages with institution updates related to COVID-19.
NACAC College Admission Status Update During the Coronavirus Outbreak
NACAC College Admission Status Update During the Coronavirus Outbreak
As a service to students and families, NACAC is providing this online tool as a central resource for information about changes in college admission events, deposit dates, and more as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
OSAC is a state office that helps Oregonians plan and pay for college by providing scholarships and other financial aid, mentorship and informational resources.
Financial Aid information
Paying for College
Financial aid night for high school students and their parents.College costs, financial aid programs, financial aid applications, and where to turn for help will be covered during the event
Virtual Zoom Meeting
October 21st
This is a The College Place event in collaboration with Oregon Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and The Ford Family Foundation.
Register here:
https://ecmc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LgVWGNZoSkWU1cXpgGqm_g
US Higher Education: Value vs. Vulnerability https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CUs3HrqstC2oV3CF3_di4yW6Y4K_CIrUJNEEHCCKo7A/edit#gid=0
Edmit me Browser :https://edmit.me/browse/
Hechinger Report Tuition Tracker: https://tuitiontracker.org/fitness/school.html?unitid=210401
Net price calculators are available on a college’s or university’s website and allow prospective students to enter information to find out what students like them paid to attend the institution in the previous year, after taking grants and scholarship aid into account.
estimate your potential federal financial aid package
Search for Colleges
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE, pronounced “woo-ee”) is a regional tuition-discount agreement administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WUE enables students from one of 16 WICHE states and territories in the Western U.S. to enroll as nonresidents in 160+ participating public colleges and universities and pay 150 percent (or less) of the enrolling school’s resident tuition—which annually saves students an average of $9,610 each on the cost of nonresident tuition.
All around good websites
You can access a recording of the information from the September 16th webinar at:
This is the link to the ECMC Learning course “Paying for College” that we recommended during the webinar: https://www.ecmclearning.org/registration/index.cfm?accesscode=TCP-OR&cid=1624
Carolyn Dennis from The Ford Family Foundation shared this link for additional information about their scholarship programs: https://www.tfff.org/scholarships
If your students would like to receive targeted and timely information about the college & financial aid process, geared to your year in school, please have them sign up at https://tinyurl.com/TCP-KDS
A website for schools going test optional: http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional
Helps students and families prepare for education after high school.