" Imindeni icinga ngeendleko ," kusho uKofi Kankam, umsunguli kunye ne-CEO ye-Admit.me, indawo ekhompyutheni yabafundi abakwiikholeji. "Nangona kunjalo, bacinga ngalezi zindleko njengoko [sele bezibandakanya kuzo].
Akuyonto into abayicinga ngayo ngaphambili. "
Njengoko kwizinto ezininzi zezemali, ukucwangciswa kwangaphambili kunokunceda ululawule umthwalo, kwaye kulo mzekelo umehluko unokumangalisa. Nantsi i-downdown.
Awudingi ukuchitha i-$ 1,600 ukufumana i-1600.
Abanye abafundi (kunye nabazali) bangena kwisimo sengqondo esithi, "'Ukuba ndiza kutshitshisa le nqanaba le- [SAT], ndingangena kwesi sikolo,'" kusho uKelly Peeler we-NextGenVest, owanceda abafundi ukuba bahambe ngeendleko zeekholejini kunye neemali-mboleko zabafundi . Ngaloo mijelo ephakamileyo engqondweni, bazama ukufumana loo nqanaba kuzo zonke iindleko.
U-Peeler uthi uhlala ebona iintsapho zihlawula iindleko ngokudibanisa nomcebisi weekholeji-yangasese-onokukunceda ekwenzeni izintlu zekholeji, izalathisi zokucwangcisa kunye nezicelo zokuqulunqa-kunye nabaqeqeshi abathile bokuvavanya. Oku kunokufumana ixabiso: Umyinge wexabiso lomqeqeshi uyi-$ 50 / iyure, ngokweThumbtack.com, kodwa inokuxhomekeka kwingingqi yakho, kwaye iKankam ibone ezinye iintsapho zichitha i-$ 500 / iyure.
Kwaye abafundi abaninzi abagcini nje ukuthatha i-SAT okanye i-ACT eyodwa, kodwa bathabatha iimvavanyo zombini.
"Bazali, kufuneka niyazi inkwenkwe yenu," kusho uKankam. Abanye bafuna uncedo olungakumbi kunabanye. "Kodwa olo luncedo lunokuza kwiqhekeza leendleko. Khangela izixhobo zasemaphandleni kwisikolo sakho esiphakeme nakwindawo yakho. Uthi [abaninzi ootitshala] bafundisa iimviwo kwiiyure, "utsho.
Ezinye iindlela zokuzigcina: Cela umfundisi wakho wesiNgesi ukuba ahlaziye isicatshulwa sakho somsebenzi, ukhethe iincwadi ze-SAT zangaphambili kwiikholeji ze-SAT kwaye ukhangele izixhobo ezikhululekile kwi-intanethi. (I-Peeler iphakamisa i-Khan Academy.) Yaye ukuba uthe wahlangabezana neemfuneko zokufaneleka, unokufumana imali yokuhlawula imali ye-SAT kunye nemiSebenzi, enokukugcina i-R46 ne-29, ngokulandelanayo.
Awudingi ukutyhubela ukuhamba kwehlabathi, nokuba.
Ingqwalasela enye yabaninzi ababafundi bezokwakha izakhiwo: Ukuphuhlisa ukuhlaziywa kwakho kwamava ukwenzela ukuba uphume kwisihlwele. "Le yindleko endikhathazayo kakhulu," kusho uKankam. Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, njengoko isicelo esiqhelekileyo sithandwa kakhulu, kwaye ukhuphiswano lokufikelela ezikolweni eziphakamileyo luye lwavuswa, iKankam ibone abazali abaninzi nabafundi bechitha imali ethe xaxa yokuhamba kwamanye amazwe ukuba babe nolwazi olulodwa lokuzihlukanisa .
Ngenye indlela, ukhuthaza ukuba ujoyine into yokuqala, njengeqela leklasi okanye iqela, kwaye ubonise ukuhambelana kunye nenkqubela phambili, ekugqibeleni uthathe inxaxheba yobunkokheli. Uthi: "Izikolo ziyakuthanda," usho. Kuyafana nokuzivocavoca okanye umsebenzi wamava ngaphandle kwesikolo.
Hone uluhlu lwakho lwezikolo ngononophelo.
Ukuphakama ukuphakama kwesicelo esiqhelekileyo kuye kwandisa inani labafundi abakwenzayo, kunye nabafundi abathile behambisa iinkqubo kwizikolo ezingama-20 okanye ngaphezulu.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, umrhumo wesicelo esiqhelekileyo kwizikolo eziziimfuno eziqhelekileyo zazingama-$ 50, kwaye zinyuka ukuya kuma-70, uthi u-Peeler.
"Ukuba usebenza kwiikholeji ezilishumi (ekwayiyo nenani leekholeji ungayifaka isicelo seFree kwi-Federal Aid Aid), wenza izibalo kwaye ujikeleze u-$ 700 nje ukuba usebenzise isicelo." Impendulo ayithethi ukuba ukunciphisa inani lezikolo, njengoko u-Peeler uthi izikolo eziyi-9 okanye ezili-10 zeziphi na abacebisi beekholeji abacebisa ngokubanzi, kodwa kunokuba bacingisise ngakumbi ngohlu lwakho olufutshane.
Ufuna ukuxuba izikolo zemidlalo (apho uhlangabezana nemigangatho ephakathi), izikolo zokukhusela (apho unokungena khona, ngokusekelwe kumanqaku okuvavanya kunye ne-GPA), kwaye ufike kwizikolo (apho ungaba ngaphantsi komyinge , kodwa banikezela iipakethe zokuncedisa imali ezingcono). Yaye imali kufuneka ibandakanyeke kwi-equation.
Cinga ngegalelo lakho leNtsapho elindelekileyo (i-EFC, oza kuyayazi emva kokuzalisa i-FAFSA) , ukunyamekela kwenkxaso- mali, ukunyuka kwezemfundo kunye neengeniso zakho zexesha elizayo okanye ukubuyisela imali.
Iikholeji ezininzi zekholeji ziluhlu lwe-average aid abaninike zona, kwaye uya kufuna ukubona ukuba ithe yazinza okanye ihamba phambili okanye ihamba. (Ukuba uhla, buza ukuqinisekiswa kwemali kwesikolo, uthi u-Peeler.) Ngokuphathelele isifundo, unokucinga ukuba ukhusele. Khangela amehlo abo abahlanu abaphakamileyo abanomdla kuyo kwaye yintoni na i-alumni ephakathi ifumana loo madidi ukusuka kwisikolo ngasinye kwisihlomelo sakho. Kwaye nangona ungaqinisekanga ngento yakho enkulu, ungavumeli ukungahambi kakuhle kwempahla kukukhokelela ekuqhubekeni kwenetha. Kufuneka ube "nezizathu ezithile" zokufaka isicelo kwikholeji nganye eluhlu lwakho, utsho uDavid Klein, i-CEO ye-CommonBond, inkampani yokubolekisa imali mboleko. "Cinga malunga nendawo ofuna ukuyisebenzisa ngayo, kwaye, ngokwemvelo, eya kusindisa imali."
Khangela iirhafu zokufaka izicelo .
Unokwazi ukufumana ezinye okanye zonke iimfuno zakho zokuhlawulwa kwezicelo. I-Peeler iyayilumkisa, nangona kunjalo, loo nto yokuhlawula imali inokuba nzima ukuza. Azikho zonke izikolo ezibanikezelayo, kwaye abo bahlala befuna iimfuno zokufaneleka. Nangona kunjalo, kuyafaneleka ukudubula. Umzekelo, ukuba uthabatha i-SAT okanye i-SAT yezifundo zovavanyo usebenzisa umrhumo wokuhlawula umrhumo, unokufaka isicelo kwizikolo ezine, mahhala, kuluhlu lwezikolo ezingaphezulu kwe-2,000 ezithatha inxaxheba. Ukongezelela, iBhodi yeKholeji ine -directory yeekholeji ezinikezela ngeeivers.
Ukuba unemiqathango yemithombo yezemali, ungaphinda ugcwalise ifomu yeSicelo soMrhumo weeFayili kwi-National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), kwakunye neNkundla yokuFunyezwa kweeNkcitho zoLuntu. Ukuba awucingi ukuba uhlangabezana neemfuno zokufaneleka-okanye awuboni esinye sezikolo zakho ezibhalwe kwirejista-cela umcebisi wakho wesilathiso ukuba ulandele isiza esikolweni ukuze ubone ukuba unokucela isicelo ngqo esikolweni. Kwamanye amaxesha, kukho iindlela zokufaka isicelo kwi-intanethi mahhala, okanye ufumane umrhumo okhutshelwe ukuba uhambele isikolo okanye udibene nabalumni.
Thatha uhambo oluthile kwaye uqale uqhagamshelwano.
Iikholeji zaseburhulumenteni ezihambelayo zikwinto enye, kodwa ukwenza uhambo ukujonga izikolo ezingaphandle kwikhosi kunokukhokelela ekuphumeni iintsuku zeentsuku kwaye uchithe amakhulu emadola kwiindawo zomoya kunye neehotele.
Napha, kwakhona, kukho iindlela zokugcina. Okokuqala, khangela ukuba izikolo zakho eziphezulu zivakashela idolophu yakho okanye idolophu ekufutshane. Oku kunokukunika ithuba lokuhamba phambili-kwaye udibanise nezikhulu-zamkelwa ezivunyelweneyo, abafundi abakhoyo kunye ne-alum. Inani leenkolo zibuyele kwiikholeji zeekholejini ezibonakalayo kwi-intanethi. (NextGenVest inomzila we-Snapchat obonisa uhambo olutsha lwekholeji nsuku zonke.) Nokuba ukhangele ukuba ungene ngaphakathi kwinqanaba labafundi abaneemfuno ezifana neyakho, finyelela kumajelo asekuhlaleni kwiiklabhu zesikolo, abanye abafundi abakhoyo, okanye iilum. Yigcine ihloniphekile kunye nezobugcisa, njengawe uthanda ukufikelela kumntu oza kuba ngudliwano-ndlebe, kwaye ubuze imizuzu embalwa ngexesha lomntu. "[Injongo yokutyelela isikolo] kukuvakalelwa kwenkcubeko kunye nokusebenzisana nobomi beenkampus," kusho uKankam. "Ukuba ubheka ezo njongo, akudingeki ukuba ube kwi-campus ukuze ufezekise."
Kunye noKelly Hultgren