Did you just graduate from high school? Wondering what your next step is? Join us for this webinar! Learn about non-degree programs at Massachusetts community colleges that can lead to exciting careers. These programs can help you determine a career path and plan for the future.

The federal student loan payment pause is coming to an end. Interest will resume on all loans on September 1, 2023 and loan payments will be due starting in October 2023. This webinar reviews the repayment options available to federal loan borrowers re-entering repayment. We discuss income-based repayment options and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) in addition to standard repayment options and best practices to make sure your federal loans remain in good standing after the payment pause.

Are you interested in appealing your financial aid offer? MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning Jonathan Hughes provides five tips to help families as they navigate the appeals process and try to secure more financial aid than was originally offered.

Talking to families about paying for college can be an emotional conversation. Three MEFA College Planning Experts share their experiences and tips for navigating the process.

The FAFSA Simplification Act that was enabled into law last year makes many important amendments to the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Full implementation of these changes is expected for the 2024-25 FAFSA. This means that beginning in the next financial aid application cycle, which begins this Fall 2023, there will be a number of changes for your students and families to both the FAFSA form itself as well as the financial aid application process. Please join us for the first in a series of expert panel discussions co-sponsored by MEFA and the Massachusetts Association of Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) on this topic. The panelists are financial aid administrators from a variety of colleges and universities who share what is changing and when, what that means for your students and families, and how you can stay informed.

The U.Plan Prepaid Tuition Program is one of the most powerful ways to save for college, but would-be savers sometimes have questions about how it works. So we’re providing an opportunity for one of our in-house U.Plan experts to answer all of your questions. Come prepared to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about Massachusetts’ prepaid tuition program. Leave with a keen understanding of how saving in the U.Plan can help your family make significant strides in preparing financially for college costs.

Is FAFSA Simplification keeping you up at night? Or are you too busy to even think about it? Either way, please join us for the first in a series of virtual roundtable discussions for financial aid administrators on this topic co-sponsored by MEFA and MASFAA (Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators) and led by Gail Holt, Dean of Financial Aid at Amherst College and Chair of the NASFAA FAFSA Simplification Implementation Working Group, and Jill Desjean, Policy Analyst at NASFAA. Throughout these conversations, as information unfolds and we continue to learn more, we discuss the different approaches colleges are taking to implement these financial aid updates, learn from each other, and develop an execution plan for our own institutions.

Letters of recommendation are an important part of the college application process. Learn who should write them, when students should request them, and how many letters students will need.

Learn the steps to appeal a financial aid offer from a panel of college financial aid administrators. Panelists cover how to write an appeal letter, what situations might warrant receiving additional funds, and the timeline for the process.

This webinar provides key information that help participants guide students through applying to college. Topics include current trends in admissions, building a balanced list of colleges, the different components of the college application including transcripts, essays, and letters of recommendation and how to incorporate MEFA Pathway into the college admissions process.