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%->> FCAT, S.A.T.s, PELL GRANTS,

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%-FINANCIAL AID, WHAT SCHOOL IS

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%-RIGHT FOR YOU?

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%-THE PATH TO POSTSECONDARY

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%-EDUCATION CAN BE OVERWHELMING.

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%-COUNSELORS, ADVISORS, AND

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%-EDUCATORS ARE WORKING TO HELP

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%-STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS

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%-MAKE THE TRANSITION TO HIGHER

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%-EDUCATION.

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%-♪

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%->> THESE STUDENTS ARE IN A

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%-MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA CLASS.

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%-THEY ARE LEARNING CONCEPTS

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%-THAT WILL BE THE FOUNDATION OF

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%-FURTHER STUDIES IN HIGH SCHOOL

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%-AND COLLEGE.

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%->> BUT THAT'S WHAT THOSE

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%-REPRESENT.

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%-ALL THE ORDERED PAIRS ON THAT

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%-LINE, WHEN YOU PLUG THEM IN,

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%-MAKE A TRUE STATEMENT.

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%->> IN ALGEBRA,

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%-TRUE STATEMENTS RULE.

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%-BUT GETTING TO COLLEGE

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%-REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST

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%-LEARNING THE FACTS.

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%->> STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO

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%-LEAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A

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%-CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLAN.

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%-SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS,

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%-STUDENTS WILL DO CAREER

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%-EXPLORATIONS AND CREATE A

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%-FOUR-YEAR ACADEMIC PLAN OF

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%-WHAT COURSES THEY WANT TO TAKE

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%-AT HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON WHAT

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%-THEY WANT TO DO WHEN

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%-THEY GRADUATE.

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%-IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS

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%-ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR

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%-STUDENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT

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%-THEIR INTERESTS ARE AND ARE,

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%-YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM PLAN

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%-THOSE COURSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL

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%-THAT WILL HELP THEM MEET

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%-THEIR GOALS.

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%->> ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS

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%-TO GETTING INTO COLLEGE

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%-IS THE ADMISSION TEST,

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%-LIKE THE S.A.T.

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%-AND A.C.T.

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%->> TYPICALLY, STUDENTS ARE

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%-GOING TO TAKE THOSE FOR THE

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%-FIRST TIME IN EARLY SPRING OF

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%-THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

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%->> BUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE

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%-FACING STUDENTS AND THEIR

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%-PARENTS WHEN PLANNING FOR

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%-COLLEGE IS HOW TO PAY FOR IT.

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%-AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL AID

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%-PACKAGE, PARENTS NEED TO

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%-BECOME FAMILIAR WITH FAFSA.

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%->> THE FAFSA STANDS FOR THE

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%-FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL

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%-STUDENT AID.

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%-SO THIS IS THE REQUIRED

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%-APPLICATION THAT STUDENTS AND

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%-PARENTS MUST COMPLETE FOR

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%-STUDENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR

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%-FEDERAL GRANTS, FEDERAL LOANS

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%-AND ANY KIND OF FEDERAL --

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%-EVEN WORK STUDY PROGRAM THAT

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%-THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED

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%-IN DOING.

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%->> ALL FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED

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%-TO FILL OUT FAFSA BECAUSE

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%-PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND

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%-SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS

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%-OFTEN REQUIRE THE FORM, TOO.

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%-FLORIDA RESIDENTS MAY ALSO BE

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%-ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID.

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%->> FOR FLORIDA STUDENTS,

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%-THE FLORIDA FINANCIAL AID

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%-APPLICATION THAT THEY'LL WANT

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%-TO COMPLETE, IT'S FOR OTHER

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%-STATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS,

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%-BUT THE ONE WE ALWAYS KIND OF

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%-FOCUS ON IS THE BRIGHT FUTURES

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%-SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AND IT IS

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%-REQUIRED THAT THEY COMPLETE

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%-THAT AND MEET THE ELIGIBILITY

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%-REQUIREMENTS FOR

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%-BRIGHT FUTURES.

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%-♪

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%->> KEEPING UP WITH TEST

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%-SCORES, FINANCIAL AID

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%-PACKAGES, AND COLLEGE

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%-SELECTION CAN ALL BE

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%-OVERWHELMING.

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%-IN PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS,

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%-OFFICIALS HAVE CREATED THE

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%-PARENT ACADEMY TO HELP.

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%->> WE'RE DOING WORKSHOPS FOR

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%-PARENTS TRYING TO HELP THEM

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%-BE ENGAGED.

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%-AND THAT'S PART OF THE PARENT

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%-ACADEMY IS LET US SHOW YOU HOW

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%-TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON

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%-IN THE CLASSROOMS SO THAT YOU

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%-CAN HELP YOUR STUDENT AT HOME.

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%->> ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS

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%-FOCUSES ON COLLEGE

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%-AND CAREER PLANNING.

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%-PARENTS ARE GIVEN TOOLS TO

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%-TACKLE ALL ASPECTS OF GETTING

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%-THEIR CHILD INTO COLLEGE.

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%->> THERE'S A GREAT RESOURCE ON

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%-OUR WEB SITE AND UNDER THE

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%-GUIDANCE COUNSELOR SECTION

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%-THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN

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%-GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF

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%-APPLYING FOR COLLEGES, WHAT

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%-ARE THE COURSES THAT THEY NEED

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%-TO TAKE.

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%->> LAYNE SPOTTS IS A COLLEGE

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%-AND CAREER COUNSELOR AT

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%-JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

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%-IN TAMPA.

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%-SHE HELPS GUIDE STUDENTS AND

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%-THEIR PARENTS THROUGH THE MAZE

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%-OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR

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%-PLANNING FOR COLLEGE.

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%->> WE HAVE A LOT OF

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%-FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

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%-WHOSE PARENTS DID NOT GO TO

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%-COLLEGE, OR EVEN THOSE THAT

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%-DID, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND

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%-A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

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%-SO SOME OF THEM DON'T MAYBE

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%-BELIEVE OR REALIZE THAT THEY

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%-NEED TO BE INVOLVED.

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%-BUT I DO THINK IT IS VERY

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%-IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS TO

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%-UNDERSTAND THE COLLEGE PROCESS

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%-FROM THE START.

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%->> ONE CRITICAL AREA IN

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%-PLANNING FOR COLLEGE IS

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%-SELECTING A SCHOOL THAT IS THE

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%-RIGHT FIT FOR YOUR CHILD.

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%->> A MAJORITY OF MY STUDENTS

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%-END UP CHOOSING COMMUNITY

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%-COLLEGE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

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%-FINANCIAL IS PROBABLY ONE OF

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%-THE BIGGEST REASONS THAT THEY

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%-CHOOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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%-BECAUSE IT IS APPROXIMATELY

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%-HALF THE COST

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%-OF A STATE UNIVERSITY.

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%-ALSO, SMALLER CLASS SIZE.

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%-BUT THE OTHER OPTION WE HAVE

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%-ARE THE TECHNICAL CENTERS.

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%-AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT

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%-ARE VERY CAREER FOCUSED,

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%-WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL CENTERS

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%-IN THIS AREA THAT ARE AN

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%-EXTENSION OF HILLSBOROUGH

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%-COUNTY SCHOOLS, BUT THE

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%-COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALSO OFFERS

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%-SOME OF THOSE SAME

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%-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS.

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%-FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE

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%-DEFINITELY NO MATTER WHAT THEY

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%-WANT TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE TO

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%-GO TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY,

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%-THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY

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%-HAVE A GOAL TO DO, TO GET

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%-STARTED IN THEIR MAJOR

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%-HOPEFULLY EARLIER AND TO HAVE

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%-THAT, USUALLY HAVE THAT

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%-ON-CAMPUS LIVING EXPERIENCE

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%-AND BEING INVOLVED WITH

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%-STUDENT LIFE.

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%->> IF YOU DO GET A LATE START,

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%-THERE ARE STILL OPTIONS FOR

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%-ENTERING COLLEGE.

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%->> I'VE HAD SENIORS COMING IN

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%-CRYING BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T

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%-STARTED.

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%-MY FAVORITE EXPRESSION FOR

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%-SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS IS, YOU

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%-KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE THE WAY

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%-THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE

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%-GOING TO GET THERE, BUT

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%-THERE'S STILL A WAY TO GET

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%-THERE, AND WE JUST HAVE TO

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%-FIGURE THAT OUT.

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%-SO WHETHER THAT IS EITHER

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%-APPLYING TO BE ON A WAITING

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%-LIST, IF THEY WANT TO GO TO A

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%-FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, OR

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%-APPLYING FOR THE SPRING

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%-SEMESTER AND THEY COULD MAYBE

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%-START AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR

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%-THAT SEMESTER.

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%-FORTUNATELY, IF COMMUNITY

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%-COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL IS

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%-THE OPTION THAT THEY ARE

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%-LOOKING AT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

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%-OPEN ENROLLMENT ALL YEAR.

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%-SO THEY USUALLY CAN GET IN

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%-EVEN IF THEY WAITED THIS LATE.

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%->> IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

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%-PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COUNSELORS

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%-HAVE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM TO

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%-HELP LATINO FAMILIES WHERE

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%-PARENTS MAY NOT HAVE A DEEP

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%-UNDERSTANDING OF THE

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%-ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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%->> PASOS AL FUTURO IS A

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%-PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO

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%-INCREASE THE COLLEGE AWARENESS

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%-OF LATINO AND SPANISH-SPEAKING

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%-FAMILIES.

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%->> PASOS AL FUTURO TRANSLATES

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%-AS THE STEPS TO THE FUTURE.

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%->> WE PRESENT IT IN

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%-FOUR STEPS.

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%-THE FIRST STEP

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%-IS THE PREPARAR.

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%-SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN

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%-ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH

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%-SCHOOL IN ORDER TO PREPARE TO

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%-HAVE THE MOST CHANCES AND THE

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%-MOST OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE

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%-TO ENTER A UNIVERSITY.

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%-THE SECOND PIECE IS BUSCAR,

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%-OR COLLEGE FIT.

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%-SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT HOW DO

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%-YOU FIND THE RIGHT COLLEGE

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%-THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU.

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%-AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE,

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%-IT'S THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

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%-SO HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY APPLY

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%-WHAT'S REQUIRED IN AN

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%-APPLICATION PACKET,

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%-WHAT COMPONENTS NEED TO BE

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%-TURNED IN TO BE ABLE TO

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%-APPLY TO A UNIVERSITY.

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%-AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE,

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%-WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE,

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%-IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY

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%-FOR COLLEGE.

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%-SO IT'S THE

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%-FINANCIAL AID PIECE.

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%-♪

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%->> PARENTS JUST NEED TO BE

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%-EMPOWERED WITH THE TOOLS IN

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