3 People That You Must Meet Before You Enroll in Any Online College or University
The Financial Aid Counselor – You must meet with or make an online appointment with your Financial Aid Counselor for your online college or university before enrolling in courses. This is an absolute MUST! Do not skip this step for convenience. Do you think you know everything about financial aid and have all the necessary steps covered? Set a meeting with the financial aid counselor anyway! I have lost hundreds if not thousands of dollars by skipping this one small step.
Program Advisor – Meet and converse with your advisor. Make sure you are taking the “best choice” of courses for your chosen online degree program. Often classes have to be taken in sequential order and involve prerequisites. You can lose much time and funds by missing steps, taking classes out of order, or not taking enough classes. Your advisor often can also advise you on courses that may transfer or be substituted for other courses.
Former Student – Try to find a former student. This is an especially good idea if you can find a student in your program or that has already taken the courses that you plan to take. Gather advice on the best instructors, best classes, and even more valuable information. They may also be able to sell you used textbooks and help you find the best study materials online.
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Great, great advice. It’s so important to really check out your online university. I’d add two more things:
1. ALWAYS check your school has regional accreditation (go to the US Department of Education’s site at http://www.ed.gov).
2. Get an idea of your own financial aid need before you talk to an advisor with these student aid estimation tools for online college degree programs.