““The Palouse Pathways ‘Finding Affordable Colleges’ Workshop introduced me to terminology and info to help our family navigate the big and intimidating topic of financing college. The event gave me confidence to then seek out more financial aid info specific to our needs and at schools our students planned to attend.””
Affordability is one of the most important factors in every family's college search, so we offer as special session where you'll learn how to find the schools that will provide the most aid and/or the lowest cost for your family. Everyone is welcome to attend. We would love for students and parents to attend together if possible, to facilitate good conversation about this important topic. You might be very surprised by what you learn!
This year we will debut a great tool called Tuition Fit, which lets you review information from actual award letters to find schools that will be affordable for your family! Here is a video that gives a broad explanation.
We'll also discuss:
How and when to find scholarships
How "expensive" private schools can actually cost less for your family than your in-state school!
Finding affordable out of state options through the WUE program.
Finding schools that will offer great scholarships for your student
How you can save at your local college or university.
“To be honest, the price of college and sending multiple children off to school every other year haunted me for years! But after participating in the Finding Affordable Colleges Workshop offered free from Palouse Pathways, I felt like I had a better handle on how to afford it, how to get creative by applying specifically to colleges that would offer the most aid, and other several strategies I had honestly never thought about before. And currently we are putting into practice several strategies that Palouse Pathways recommended and we are getting the results anticipated! Is college expensive? Yes! But there are plenty of ways to reduce the costs and take advantage of lessening the financial burden. I highly recommend this workshop!
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