{"id":1195,"date":"2023-03-13T16:16:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:21:38","slug":"mcc-hosts-college-101-for-parents-of-college-bound-students-from-choosing-a-major-to-applying-for-financial-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/13\/mcc-hosts-college-101-for-parents-of-college-bound-students-from-choosing-a-major-to-applying-for-financial-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC Hosts \u201cCollege 101 for Parents\u201d for Families of College-bound Students: From Choosing a Major to Applying for Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Expert advice helps demystify the search and planning process<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIGHTON, N.Y. <\/strong>\u2013 Planning for college can be exciting. Figuring out how to pay for it shouldn\u2019t ruin the thrill. Monroe Community College will host a \u201cCollege 101 for Parents\u201d workshop on Wednesday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center on the Brighton Campus, 1000 East Henrietta Road. This session is specifically designed to help parents and guardians better understand the process of selecting a college, choosing a major, applying for financial aid and scholarship, and more \u2014 no matter where their college-bound children are headed. Students are welcomed to attend.<\/p>\n<p>MCC\u2019s financial aid and admissions experts will answer questions on how to apply for financial aid, what kinds of funds are available, and when the application process should begin. \u00a0They will also provide an update to the New York State Excelsior Scholarship.\u00a0Representatives from SUNY Brockport, Nazareth University, and St. John Fisher University will be on hand to answer questions, including providing information on their admissions process.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. Parking is provided in lots M and M1. To reserve a seat, go online to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/go\/college101\">College 101 for Parents registration form<\/a>. Questions: email <a href=\"mailto:admissions@monroecc.edu\">MCC\u2019s Admissions Office<\/a>\u00a0or call (585) 292-2200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning for college can be exciting. Figuring out how to pay for it shouldn\u2019t ruin the thrill. Monroe Community College will host a \u201cCollege 101 for Parents\u201d workshop on Wednesday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center on the Brighton Campus. This session is specifically designed to help parents and guardians better understand the process of selecting a college, choosing a major, applying for financial aid and scholarship, and more \u2014 no matter where their college-bound children are headed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[80,81],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","tag-admissions","tag-financial-aid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}