College Financial Aid Night on Wednesday
It’s a presentation that no student or parent should miss. The Huntington High School guidance department is sponsoring Financial Aid Night this Wednesday (Dec. 5) at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Attendance at the event is strongly encouraged.
The evening will include a presentation by Jacquelyn Nealon, vice-president for enrollment, communications and marketing at New York Institute of Technology. Dr. Nealon oversees NYIT’s admissions, recruitment, financial aid, academic advisement, learning centers, honors programs, advertising, public relations, marketing and an enhanced array of integrated, customer-focused student and campus services.
Topics during the evening will include how to go about applying for financial aid, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), avoiding the most common errors, the criteria used for financial aid decisions and parent and student loan options and scholarships.
Familiarity with the FAFSA form is especially important, according to school officials, since it forms the basis for need-based federal financial aid as well as non-need based federally backed student loans and is frequently required when applying for state level need-based or merit aid.
The Huntington High School college office is busy processing college applications for members of this year’s senior class. Acceptance letters have already begun arriving in the mail.
For more information about Financial Aid Night contact Director of Guidance Kitty R. Klein at kklein@hufsd.edu.