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Senior Parent Guide. Can you believe they are a senior?. Training. Do you think you’ll start out by working next year? Applying to an apprenticeship program? Earning a vocational certificate? A two year associates degree? Pursuing a bachelor’s degree?. Apprenticeship Programs.
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Senior Parent Guide Can you believe they are a senior?
Training • Do you think you’ll start out by working next year? • Applying to an apprenticeship program? • Earning a vocational certificate? • A two year associates degree? • Pursuing a bachelor’s degree?
Apprenticeship Programs • Alaska Apprenticeship Information: • http://www.aatca.org/
Vocational Certificates • UAA Certificates: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/degrees/certificates.cfm • UAF: • http://www.uaf.edu/catalog/current/majors.html
Interested in the military? • Have you talked with a recruiter yet? • Army: http://www.army.mil/ • Air Force: http://www.af.mil/ • Navy: http://www.navy.mil/ • Marines: http://www.marines.com/home • National Guard: http://www.nationalguard.mil/ • Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/
Career Cruising • A great tool for students to research career interests and options • http://public.careercruising.com/us/en • Note the SAT/ACT prep software within
Financial Aid • www.crsd.us; Guidance & Counseling Page-scholarship/special program information • Merit based aid…Need based aid… • Grants & Loans • Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education—note the students/parents tab: http://acpe.alaska.gov/ • FAFSA: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Financial Aid (con.) • UA Online (uaonline.alaska.edu) • UA System Scholarship Deadline: Feb. 15th • http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/scholarships/
Anchorage College & Career Fair • http://www.eoccareerfair.com/ • October 20-21
Western Undergraduate Exchange • http://www.wiche.edu/wue
College Planning Timeline • http://www.petersons.com/college-search/~/link.aspx?_id=DE05E09B75A94C3CB154E328693F8730&_z=z