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Description
Host Jennifer Lombardi highlights AVID students & AVID teachers about the advantages of the AVID program for students planning to attend college. This month Jennifer details how to use scholarships and FAFSA to help finance college.
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
Abbott
achievers,
I'm
your
host
Jen
Lombardi
coordinator
of
avid
for
Anne,
Arundel
County
and
today
we're
here
with
Jackie
Wilfred
coordinator
of
avid
at
northeast
high
school
and
Emily
Gordon
coordinator
of
avid
and
Old
Mill
high
school.
Today
we're
going
to
talk
about
how
you
can
use
scholarships
and
fafsa
to
finance
college
Jackie
last
year.
How
many
avid
seniors
did
you
have
and
how
much
scholarship
monies
did
they
earn?
We.
B
A
A
1.5
million
just
18
students,
and
that
1.5
million
is
going
to
go
a
long
way
to
help
them
finance
their
knowledge
dream.
Now
for
our
listening
audience,
we
want
to
explain
to
them
what
do?
Students
and
parents
need
to
do
mainly
students
first,
starting
in
the
middle
at
middle
school,
to
start
preparing
to
apply
for
scholarships
yeah.
C
We'll
really
apparent
see
in
our
stand
that
that
you
can
start
very
early
preparing
for
college
and
for
scholarships
and
in
middle
school.
You
really
have
to
build
a
foundation.
One
important
thing
is
to
develop
a
child's
skills
and
talents
so
find,
though
the
one
thing
whether
it's
a
splat,
let
X
or
Y
music
interest
art
interest.
Can
you
service
interest
and
really
start
developing?
That
youngster
should
also
volunteer
at
community
service
projects?
C
Is
she
involved
in
in
various
activities
in
a
community
to
come,
build
that
resume
and
that
definitely
starts
early,
and
then
there
are
also
scholarships
that
you
can
apply
for
their
age,
appropriate
at
the
mill
school
level,
and
you
can
inquire
about
those
through
your
school
through
your
guidance,
counselor
and
those
types
of
other
places.
I.
B
Think
it's
important
also
to
try
to
step
up
and
take
some
leadership
opportunity
seriously,
starting
in
middle
school.
Our
gates
millennium
scholarship,
which
is
over
a
mil
dollars
in
money
for
students
to
go
to
school,
requires
a
lot
of
volunteering
and
leadership
shown
on
their
resume.
So
middle
school
is
a
great
time
to
start
that
as
well,
and
what.
C
Know
I
think
it
could
be
as
easy
as
let's
say,
a
child
is
involved
in
a
local
rec
center
or
their
local
church
or
community
group.
They
could
volunteer.
Perhaps
too
I
guess
work
with
younger
students.
You
know,
let's
say
Mel
school
or
has
interested
in
their
church.
They
could
volunteer
to
help
teach
a
preschool
class
or
now
enter
school
class,
or
so
like
that
and
just
kind
of
show
that
they're
interested
and
that
they
they're
willing
to
commit
to
things
it.
B
A
B
It's
important
that
as
students
create
essays
in
9th
10th
and
even
11th
grade
that
they're
saving
these
electronically,
because
they
don't
know
what
they
can
maybe
refine
later
to
use
for
a
scholarship
or
a
college
application
at
that
point
and
documenting
everything
and
keeping
it
in
one
place
is
very
important
because
when
you
get
to
11th
and
12th
grade
and
you're
applying
for
scholarships,
you
can't
remember
everything
that
you've
done
it's
nice
to
actually
have
documentation.
Somebody
signing
off
on
something
as
proof
oftentimes.
C
Yes,
the
keeping
things
organized
is
very
key,
and
even
if
you've
started
leadership,
opportunities
or
volunteering
earlier
on
in
middle
school,
you
do
need
to
keep
track
of
that.
So
keeping
a
running
list.
That's
in
one
place,
maybe
your
parents
help
you
keep
track
of,
is
really
important
because
come
senior
year,
they're
filling
out
these
applications.
They
forgotten
all
the
awards,
they've
received,
or
maybe
a
special
title
they
held
on
their
sports
team
or
maybe
volunteer
activity
that
they
participated
back
in
seventh
grade.
C
They
forget
those
things
also
in
high
school
and
letters
of
recommendation
are
very
important
to
get
from
their
teachers,
and
so
just
didn't
seem
to
begin
early
building
that
rapport
with
teachers
and
with
coaches
and
also
asking
early
as
a
relay
surgeon
a
year.
They
can
start
asking
for
teachers
to
write
them
letters
when
their
senior,
so
the
teachers
have
a
lot
of
time
to
prepare
a
really
thoughtful
letter
for
them.
That's.
B
Additionally,
a
resume
electronically
so
that
the
students
could
keep
building
that
resume.
All
four
years
is
very
important
if
they
keep
it
electronically,
they
can
just
edit
and
change
and
add
things
as
they
happen
now.
What
would
be
on
the
resume
AP
classes
that
maybe
they've
taken
educational
opportunities
or
leadership
conferences?
Maybe
that
they've
attended
volunteering
community
service
employers,
so
various
information
but
stressing
I,
guess
you
know
definitely
their
strong
points.
So
if
they
volunteer
a
lot
in
the
community
or
at
the
school,
that
would
be
a
great
thing
to
highlight
on
that
resume.
What.
C
And
then
we
recommend
also
that
when
you're
keeping
track
or
in
keeping
a
list
of
all
these
activities,
that
you
also
get
some
sort
of
verification
from
the
person
you
volunteered.
For
so
you
get
them
to
sign
off
on
a
document
or
to
write
a
quick
paragraph
about
when
you
volunteered
how
long
you
volunteered
for
and
what
the
name
of
the
organization
the
title.
So
you
have
that
as
I
kind
of
proof
that
you
did
that.
C
B
Stew,
I
can
encourage
them
to
apply
for
scholarships
and
to
help
keep
them
organized,
maybe
even
by
purchasing
or
putting
together
some
kind
of
organizational
system,
either
in
a
binder
with
clear
plastic
protectors
to
put
in
their
documents
their
awards
their
letters
or
up
just
a
simple
milk
crate
file
bin
to
save
everything
in
so
they
have
that
at
their
fingertips.
When
it's
time
to
apply
and.
C
What
an
important
thing
that,
if
you
think
about
the
numbers
involved
in
scholarships,
the
number
of
money,
that's
out
there,
one
thing
to
think
about,
especially
their
child
in
high
school-
is
it
it
can
be
more
worthwhile
for
a
child
spent
time
applying
for
scholarships
than
having
a
summer
job
or
having
a
part-time
job.
Because,
let's
say
over
the
summer,
a
student
spends
20
hours
applying
for
scholarships.
C
That's
a
lot
of
scholarship
money
that
they're
applying
for,
and
they
they're
likely
to
get
a
large
amount
of
money
from
that
they're
going
to
earn
more
money
from
that
20
hours
and
they
could
working
over
the
summer.
And
so,
if
I,
as
a
parent
with
my
children,
I
think
I
will
encourage
them
not
to
have
jobs
or
June
senior
year,
at
least
not
highly
time-consuming
jobs
which
I'd
rather
them
spend
that
time
on
weekends
and
on
holidays.
Applying
for
scholarships
I.
B
C
One
last
point
with
that,
too,
is
the
commitment
is
very
important
and
all
these
all
these
scholarships
are
looking
for
leaders
and
I,
look
like
for
students
who,
in
some
ways,
stand
out
from
the
crowd,
and
one
way
you
do.
That
is,
is
by
pulling
from
to
your
commitments,
but
also
really
honing
your
skills
and
really
standing
out
in
one
or
two
areas
that
you
are
unique.
You
are,
you
know,
you've
gone
you've
built
a
program
you've
liked.
C
You
know,
like
Jackie
said,
maybe
you
started
a
club
or
maybe
you
you
know,
you're
a
captain
of
your
sport
of
your
sporting
team
team
and
having
that
one
or
two
special
talents
or
skills
really
helps
set
you
apart
from
the
crowd,
and
so
as
a
parent.
You
can
really
encourage
your
child
to
too
early
on
just
really
commit
to
something
and
try
to
set
yourself
apart
in
that
activity.
C
A
Now,
just
thinking
about
the
most
scholarship
applications,
what
do
most?
What
are
the
components
that
students
will
be
putting
into
this
like
what
kinds
types
of
information
you
spoke
about,
a
lot
of
it
so
far
like
your
awards
and
things
like
that,
but
most
scholarships.
What
are
the
big
parts
that
the
kids
are
going
to
have
to
have
information
about?
Most.
B
Of
the
scholarships
require
that
serious
scholarships
require
an
essay
and
we
can
distinguish
a
serious
scholarship
from
a
contest
type
scholarship
by
the
amount
of
work
that
you
have
to
put
into
it,
if
you're
simply
entering
a
drawing.
That
is
a
contest
and
you're
likely
not
to
get
any
money
from
that.
A
lot
of
people
enter
those
contests
and
don't
receive
anything.
Maybe
one
person
out
of
a
million
people
will
get
a
thousand
dollars.
It's
not
worth
the
spam
in
your
inbox,
as
we've
said,
or
the
time
that
you
put
into
it.
B
You
should
really
be
seriously
looking
at
scholarships
that
you
have
to
tell
about
yourself
attach
a
resume
write,
an
essay
for
that
tells
something
about
you
and
your
commitment.
So
I
think
you
really
need
to
put
in
some
time
for
the
scholarships
in
order
to
reap
the
benefits
of
some
of
the
better
scholarships.
C
B
Some
of
the
larger
scholarships,
like
the
gates
millennium
scholarship,
which
is
basically
a
full-ride
scholarship
for
need-based
students
that
are
minorities,
do
require
multiple
essays,
maybe
eight
or
nine
essays.
So
it
does
take
a
considerable
amount
of
time
to
apply,
but
if
you
think
of
the
benefit
of
that,
scholarship
is
definitely
worth
trying.
B
Additionally,
our
avid
students
in
the
county
are
eligible
if
they've
been
in
avid
for
at
least
eleventh
and
twelfth
grade
for
the
dell
scholarship,
which
is
twenty
thousand
dollars,
and
they
require
eight
or
nine
short
answer
essays.
So
it
is
a
little
bit
more
time
consuming
again,
but
definitely
worth
the
you
know.
The
trial
now.
C
That's
a
good
question,
often
they'll
be
vary
depending
on
the
scholarship.
Sometimes,
if
a
student,
for
example,
is
applying
for
a
technology-specific
scholarship,
it
will
be
very
based
much
based
on
the
students
interest
in
technology
or
the
students
knowledge
of
technology.
Sometimes
some
of
them
are
very
much
creative
writing
where
students
are
going
to
prompt
where
they
imagine
or
they
you
know,
they
write
a
creative
writing
piece.
I
know
a
lot.
My
students
actually
just
told
to
bring
samples
of
something
that
they've
written
in
an
academic
course.
A
A
C
Kumar,
yes,
it
depends,
and
and
once
against
a
chance
for
a
student
to
really
shine
and
if
they're,
if
their
transcript,
isn't
as
strong
as
they
wish
it
were,
they
could
have
write
an
essay
that
really
shows
that
they
are
deep
thinker,
they're,
creative
thinker.
They
have
solutions
to
tomorrow's
problems
and
there'll
be
an
active
member
of
the
college
campus
in
college
life.
Okay,.
A
Well,
thank
you
we're
going
to
take
a
short
break,
but
when
we
come
back
we're
going
to
talk
about
how
does
students
find
the
right
scholarship
for
them?
Welcome
back
to
avid
achievers
today
we're
talking
about
how
to
use
scholarships
to
finance
college,
and
we
are
here
with
Jackie
Wilfred
and
Emily
Gordon
avid
coordinators
at
Northeast,
High,
School
and
Old
Mill
high
school
welcome
back
now.
How
do
students
find
the
right
scholarship,
I
think.
B
It's
important
for
students
to
become
very
good
friends
with
their
guidance,
counselors
and
the
guidance
department
they
use
of
various
ways
of
getting
the
information
out
about
scholarships
newsletters
now
remind101,
where
they
send
a
text
to
give
you
information
on
scholarship
deadlines
and
new
scholarships
that
are
coming
out
so
I
think
it's
important
to
keep
that
relationship
open
and
also
look
at
some
of
the
organizations
that
you
belong
to.
For
instance,
if
you
have
achieved
the
rank
of
Eagle
and
Boy
Scouts,
there's
a
specific
scholarship
for
Eagle
Scouts
or
Boy
Scouts
in
general.
B
C
That
several
students,
also,
if
their
parents
happen
to
be
employees
of
the
government
or
military
parents,
that
that
also
makes
it
an
eligible
for
specific
colleges
through
those
government
agency.
I'm,
sorry,
specific
scholarships,
not
colleges
through
those
agencies,
so
those
those
children
should
definitely
look
into
that
and
have
their
parents
inquire
about
that
at
their
place
of
employment.
In
addition,
a
private
companies
do
the
same
thing.
Large
private
corporations
have
specific
scholarships
available
for
the
children
of
those
employed
parents.
So
that's
a
great
resource.
There
are
so
many
different
places.
C
B
Athletic
organizations,
your
elementary
school
that
you
went
to
even
sometimes
the
middle
school
that
you
attended,
may
offer
a
small
scholarship
and
don't
be
afraid
to
apply
for
the
small
scholarships.
Every
100,
200
300
dollars
helps
towards
paying
your
books.
So
I
think
that
that's
important
as
well
also
be
sure.
Once
you
get
accepted
to
a
college
that
you're
looking
at
specific
scholarships
at
those
colleges,
so
students
can
apply
for
numerous
scholarships
at
their
university
or
college
that
they're
accepted
to
as
well.
So.
C
To
explain
that
further,
when,
when
especially
with
private
colleges,
when
a
child
first
applies,
the
college
will
often
give
an
offer
financial
aid
purely
based
on
the
academics
of
that
of
that
student
based
on
their
s80
scores
and
their
grade
point
average.
But
then
there's
often
separate
application
that
that
college
makes
available
for
students
to
apply
for
more
financial
aid
through
and
that
application
sometimes
is
available
after
student
always
accepted
to
the
college.
C
So
parents
and
students
alike
need
to
be
very
proactive
in
looking
for
those
scholarships
and
asking
pick
up
phone
and
calling
calling
the
college
that
they
want
to
go
to
and
ask
him
about.
All
the
financial
aid
is
possibly
available
how
to
apply
what
the
deadlines
are
and
those
types
of
questions
visit.
B
C
That
reminds
me
I
I
tell
my
students
can
a
few
insider
secrets.
Sometimes
that
applies
for
the
place
of
getting
into
college,
but
also
gained
scholarships
allow
students
when
they're
18.
They
don't
know
what
they
want
to
major
in
I.
Don't
think
I
knew
what
I
want
to
major
in
either
and
so
I
tell
my
students
I
tell
them
to
it
if
they're
looking
around
at
different
scholar
at
different
colleges,
and
they
see
that
maybe
the
College
of
women's
studies
and
the
major
women
studies
is
offering
a
special
scholarship.
C
Well,
maybe
if
they're
kind
of
interest
in
women's
days,
they
could
consider
that
as
a
major
and
apply
for
that
scholarship.
Now
clear.
That
means
after
of
some
interest,
but
there
are
so
many
interesting
majors
out
there
that
students
may
not
consider,
and
so
they
may
not,
then
pursue
those
scholarships
in
those
areas.
So
sometimes
I
tell
them.
You
know
if
you're
not
sure,
look
into
those
consider
majoring
and
something
maybe
didn't
consider
before,
because
there
is
often
funding
available
for
students
interested
in
those
academic
areas.
B
Definitely
you
may
miss
out
on
some
scholarship
opportunities
or
state
aid
school
packages.
If
you
don't
fill
out
your
FAFSA
form,
which
is
at
fafsa.ed.gov,
and
it
opens
January
first
and
the
sooner
you
apply
the
better
chance
you
have
of
getting
money
once
the
money
is
divided
and
given
out
it's
gone,
our
state
deadline
is
march.
First
for
the
state
of
Maryland,
however,
many
of
our
schools
require
an
earlier
deadline.
B
So
this
year
some
of
the
local
schools
like
Towson,
require
you
to
apply
by
februari
15th
to
be
considered
for
eight
at
the
school
and,
if
you
don't
apply
by
then
then
you're
not
considered
for
eight,
and
it
includes
work,
study,
loans,
etc.
So
you
must
adhere
to
the
deadlines
to
be
considered
for
aid
as.
C
C
You
also
know
how
many
more
scholarships
you
need
to
apply
for,
but
we
need
to
stress
that
FAFSA
stands
for
the
Free
Application
for
Federal
Student
Aid.
So
free
is
the
first
word
and
I
hammer
that
into
my
students,
because
there
are
several
other
websites
out
there
that
try
to
get
you
to
pay
for
the
FAFSA.
The
government
does
not
charge
any
money
for
you
to
apply.
You
go
online
and
you
do
it
for
free.
Now,
that's
the
same
with
all
scholarships.
No
scholarship
should
ever
ask
you
for
credit
card
information
or
for
any
payment.
C
B
Don't
personally,
don't
think
that
they
needed
I
think
they
need
to
dedicate
a
couple
hours
a
week
to
looking
for
scholarships
on
their
own.
They
know
themselves
better
than
anybody.
They
know
their
parents
affiliations
better
than
the
company
that
they
would
be
hiring
it.
Just
shouldn't
cost
any
money
to
try
to
get
free
money,
so
I
think
it's
best
that
they
do
that
on
their
own
and
our
avid
is
there
to
help
as
well.
We
assist
in
class
trying
to
give
information
and
guidance.
B
Again,
I
think,
is
a
great
resource,
so
I
don't
think
they
need
to
pay
for
a
service,
and
I
think
also.
We
need
to
note
that
they
need
to
make
sure
that
they
apply
for
a
pin,
which
is
like
an
electronic
signature
for
the
fafsa
before
they
begin
the
actual
application.
So
that
site
is
open
in
the
fall
they
can
apply
for
the
pin.
You
get
a
confirmation
printout
and
that
way,
when
you
do
apply-
and
you
have
everything
filled
out
on
your
FAFSA,
you
can
submit
that
immediately.
A
C
Well,
you
may
get
the
pin
back
fast
enough.
However,
the
stress
Oh
cause
you
and
your
parents
would
be
great.
There
be
much
crying
and
frustration
that
evening
and
may
students
do
it
too
last
minute,
but
and
you
get
sometimes
does
work,
but
once
again,
if
you
mess
up
on
this
document,
it's
like
filing
your
taxes.
If
you
provide
the
the
wrong
information,
you
are
not
eligible
for
all
the
awards
that
you
may
be
deserving
so
so
going
through
accurately
and
taking
your
time
and
I.
C
B
B
C
So
free
money
is,
is
free
money,
it's
money,
that's
given
to
you
and
it's
yours
to
keep
so
that
is
in
the
form
of
grants
and
scholarships.
So
several
students
in
my
school
apply
when
they
do
the
fafsa.
They
hear
back
that
they've
qualified
for
a
pell
grant,
which
is
a
federal
grant
based
on
your
income
and
that's
a
usually
a
nice
chunk
of
money
that
can
help
them
pay
for
college.
You
can
also
like
we
said
you
get
scholarships
through
the
college.
C
Scholarships
through
private
entities
and
other
types
of
scholarships
that
you
apply
to
or
the
government
can
give
you.
So
that's
all
free.
You
never
have
to
pay
it
back.
So
that's
wonderful
alone
is
money
you're
borrowing.
So
once
you
submit
your
FAFSA
you'll
hear
back
from
the
garment.
If
you
qualify
for
any
federal
subsidized
or
federal
unsubsidized
loans,
and
then
some
parents
do
go
out
and
seek
private
loans
through
their
local
bank.
All
in
addition,
obviously,
a
loan.
C
B
Good
to
discuss
before
you
even
start
the
college
application
process,
what
your
parents
plans
are.
Some
students
can
be
very
disappointed
when
it
comes
down
to
the
end
and
deposits
are
due,
and
parents
are
saying
I'm
not
willing
to
borrow
that
amount
of
money,
because
you
didn't
earn
enough
scholarships
so,
rather
than
it
take
the
mystery
out,
find
out
what
they're
willing
to
do
and
apply
for
those
scholarships
frequently,
and
as
many
as
you
can,
there's
never
a
limit
to
what
you
can
get
you
can
keep
applying.
B
One
thing
I
will
say
to
about
the
FAFSA
is
that
you
have
to
maintain
good
standing
in
college
to
be
eligible
in
the
future,
and
so
you
don't
have
to
start
paying
that
money
back
if
it
was
alone
or
to
keep
the
grant
money
that
they
are
giving
you
you,
you
can't
fail
out
of
college
and
continue
to
receive
the
money
for
the
for
the
next
semester
of
college.
So
that
is
one
caveat
to
the
to
the
FAFSA.
Okay.
A
C
Students
really
start
looking
at
the
end
of
their
junior
year
and
then
I
think
the
summer
before
senior
year
is
when
they
should
start
be
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
because
that's
when
they
know
their
grades,
they
know
they
know.
Activities
have
been
involved
in
and
they
really
starts
speaking
to
those
things
in
their
essays.
I.