Class of 2018 Sunday Update

The Westford Academy Guidance Department, along with MEFA (Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority), is hosting a Financial Aid Night on Tuesday, October 17th at 6:30 PM in the Performing Arts Center.  There will be a detailed overview of the college financial aid process and a Q&A at the end of the presentation.  It should be an informative evening. No RSVP required.

Reminder: The FAFSA for school year 2018-2019 opens TODAY, October 1, 2017.

Yellow Sheets 
Reminder that they need to be given to your counselor in person at least THREE weeks before your first deadline
For October 15 deadlines - counselor should already have yellow sheets
For November 1 deadlines, no later than October 10
For November 15 deadlines, no later than October 25
For December 1 deadlines, no later than November 10
All yellow sheets for January 1 deadlines needs to be given to your counselor by December 8.

SAT
Register by October 5 for the November 4 test date

College Visits 10/2 - 10/6

Open Houses/Information Sessions

NC State University Fall Open House
October 14
Register: https://admissions.ncsu.edu/sites/open-house/

COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE LISTS FOR NJ, DC, DE, MD, NY, PA & VA:

New Jersey College Open Houses link:
http://njsca.org/college-open-houses

Pennsylvania College Open Houses link:
http://njsca.org/pa-open-houses

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York and Virginia College Open Houses link:
http://njsca.org/de-dc-md-ny-va-open-houses

UNH Thompson School of Applied Science Open House 
Saturday, October 14, 2017
https://admissions.unh.edu/tsas_openhouse

Rutgers University Engineering Tours
http://soe.rutgers.edu/tours

Knight for a Day Engineering Tours (10am-3:30pm)

October: 6, 13, 20, and 27 (registration open now)
November: 3, 17 (registration will open on October 15th)

Prospective Student Tours (12:30pm-3:30pm)

October 9 (registration open now)
November 9 and 10 (registration will open on October 15th)

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Fall Open HouseSaturday, October 14th and Sunday, November 5
Register online at: http://www.umassd.edu/openhouse/

University of Massachusetts - Lowell Fall Open House
October 29
https://www.uml.edu/admissions/visit/default.aspx

Oberlin College Multicultural Visit Program
Oberlin's Multicultural Visit Program (MVP) is a selective, all-expenses-paid visit program for high-achieving high school seniors. We encourage applications from students from diverse backgrounds such as Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic/Latino/a/x, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. To support socioeconomic diversity, the selection committee will also consider students from families with limited financial resources, regardless of cultural or racial background, as well as those who are among the first in their families to attend college (first generation). 
2017 Program Dates and Deadlines

Program Date	Application Deadline
October 26 - 28, 2017	October 5
November 9 - 11, 2017	October 19
November 30 - December 2, 2017	November 9