Ngaphantsi kwexesha elidala loxhaswa ngemali lusetyenziswe ukuba lukhuni lomsebenzi ngexesha leenyanga ukususela ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Ephreli kunyaka ophezulu wesifundo esikolweni esiphakeme. Ngoku, kunye nexesha elitsha le- FAFSA ye- Oktobha , kukho amathuba okuba usebenze ngokukhawuleza ukususela ngoSeptemba ukuya kuDisemba waloo nyaka. Nangona kusenokwenzeka ukufakela i-FAFSA ngo-2017-18 ukuya ekupheleni kukaJuni, lo mnye umsebenzi omele uhlolwe ngokukodwa ukuba ungayenza uludwe oludlulileyo kunyaka ngoku.
Ukuhambisa i-FAFSA ngokukhawuleza kunokwenzeka ukuba kuseyona ndlela efanelekileyo yokuqinisekisa ukuba umfundi wakho ufumana uncedo oluninzi lwezemali .
Ukuvuyiswa kukuhle ukuba unye yeentsapho sele sele zigqibile zonke izicelo zeekholeji kwaye zifake i-FAFSA. Uyenze inkqubela phambili ekufezeni loo njongo yokufumana imfundo yekholeji kumntwana wakho. Nangona zonke i-hub-bub ngaphambili, nangona kunjalo, iinyanga zekhalenda zasebusika / zentwasahlobo zinokuvakalelwa njengento encinane. Kungathi ngathi wenze konke okufuneka ukwenze, kodwa kusekho nemisebenzi emininzi ekufuneka igqitywe ngaphambi kokuba ukhululeke ngokupheleleyo:
- Ukugqiba ukhetho lweKholeji: Ngaphandle kokuba umntwana wakho sele esamkele isigqibo esisisigqibo okanye isiphumo sokwamkelwa kwamkelwa kwangaphambili, kufuneka usuququzelele ukhetho lwekholeji. Uninzi lweekholeji likuvumela ude ngoMeyi 1 ukuba wenze esi sigqibo, kodwa qiniseka ukuba lakho lungafani. Ukuba unayo yonke ingcaciso ngesandla, kufuneka uhlale phantsi njengentsapho kwaye wenze ukhetho oluqingqiweyo lwekholeji.
- Landela Ngokuncedisa Ngezezimali: Njengoko uncedo lwezezimali luyinxalenye ebalulekileyo encedisa ininzi iintsapho ezihlawulwa kwiikholeji, awukwazi ukuphazamisa ingqalelo kule ndawo. Ukuba awukavayo kwiikholejini, khangela i-imeyile yakho okanye i-portal yabo kwi-intanethi ukubona ukuba ngaba bayayifuna nayiphi na enye inkcazelo evela kuwe. Khawucinge ngokukhawuleza ngoncedo lwezemali njengoko unikezelwayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba zihambelana noko ukulindele. Ukuba akunjalo, ungadinga ukunxibelelana neofisi yesevisi yezemali yesikolo ukujonga ukuba kukho ukungafani.
- Bala iindleko zekholeji: Emva kokuba unayo zonke izibonelelo zenkxaso-mali yakho, unokubala ukuba zeziphi iindleko zokuphuma kweepokotshi ziya kuba kukho nganye kwikholeji ekhethiweyo. Oku kudla ngokuba yinto apho imvelaphi yezemali iqalisa ukungena kuyo, njengokuba iintsapho ngoku zinenani elifunekayo lokuhlangabezana nazo. Oku kusenokungabonakali njengokuba isixa-mali siya kufuneka sifike kulondolozo lwentsapho okanye mboleko. Kungenzeka kube yithuba lokuba "intetho enzulu" kunye nomfundi wakho malunga nokuba imali yentsapho ingakwazi ukuyichitha kwiikholeji.
- Ukuphonononga imeko yeNgxowa-mboleko yomfundi: Ukuba iimali-mboleko zabafundi ziya kuba yinxalenye yekamva lakho, kufuneka uqale ukufunda ngabo ngoku. Funda isantlukwano phakathi kweemali-mboleko zemfundo kunye nabangasese, kwaye wenze uphando lwakho ukuqinisekisa ukuba ufumana intsebenziswano engcono kakhulu kwiimeko zakho. NgoJuni kuphelile ukwenza ukucwangcisa okufanelekileyo, kwaye unyanzelekile ukuba uthathe iphakheji yemboleko engekho kwimpumelelo yakho yemali.
- Khangela i-Scholarships: Ukukhangela i-scholarships kufuneka kube ngumsebenzi oqhubekayo. Banikela ngeendlela ezinzulu zokunciphisa iindleko ze-out-of-pocket, kwaye banokunciphisa inani lemali oyifunayo ukuboleka. Kukho ukubhalwa kwemali okukhoyo malunga nantoni na ongayicinga ngayo, kodwa kufuneka uyenze umsebenzi ukuze ufumane.
- Qala ukulungiselela ukuba ube ngumfundi weKholeji: Ukuba iinkcukacha zenkxaso yezemali zikhoyo zonke, unokusebenza ukulungiselela umfundi wakho ukuba abe ngumfundi wasekholejini. Thetha ngekhredithi kunye namatyala, kwaye sebenzisa ishicilelo sephepha lesabelomali onokuphila ngalo lonke.
Abaphezulu kufuneka baqhubeke nokusebenza ukuze baqede ngokugqibeleleyo kunyaka wezifundo. Abaninzi behla kunye ne-caseitis ye-senioritis, kwaye baqala ukuyeka ukunyanzela kwimisebenzi okanye kwizifundo. Iikholeji ziyakwazi ukujonga kwiziphumo zokugqibela zonyaka, kwaye ziyaziwa ukuba ziyakusasaza isibonelelo ukuba azivuyisanga noko zibonayo.