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Financial Aid Race Cards Volunteer to help a youth soccer team – it’s fun and it shows leadership skills. TAKE 1 STEP FORWARD Join the public library summer reading program in order to improve your grades. TAKE 2 STEPS FORWARD Lie on a scholarship application about the amount of school activities you have. TAKE 5 STEPS BACK Buy a new pair of shoes instead of putting money in your college savings account. TAKE 2 STEPS BACK Only apply to one scholarship because if you win it your entire education will be paid for. STAY WHERE YOU ARE Start filling out the FAFSA or WASFA but give up when there is a question that you don’t know the answer to. TAKE 4 STEPS BACK Get a job babysitting and put half of what you earn into a college savings account. MOVE FORWARD 4 STEPS Miss the deadline for a scholarship you really wanted to apply for. STAY WHERE YOU ARE Decide to use a credit card or bank loan to pay for college instead of filling out the FAFSA or WASFA MOVE BACK 6 STEPS Watch videos about the financial aid process on YouTube. TAKE 1 STEP FORWARD Set up a college savings account that you and your parents can contribute to. TAKE 2 STEPS FORWARD Assume you can’t afford to pay for college, so don’t apply to college or for financial aid. TAKE 4 STEPS BACK Update your activity log in your High School and Beyond Plan every year so you remember all of the activities you participated in. TAKE 2 STEPS FORWARD Complete the FAFSA or WASFA as close to October 1st as possible because financial aid dollars are limited and often are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. TAKE 3 STEPS FORWARD Get help with your FAFSA or WASFA by going to a College Goal Washington event near you. TAKE 2 STEPS FORWARD
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