Wesleyan gets educated on college financing

Jack Hobgood

College Advising’s “Paying for College Seminar,” which the entire of the Wesleyan community is invited to attend, will take place on Wednesday, January 25 from 7 pm until 9 pm in Austin Chapel at Wesleyan.

For this event, something that College Advising has been putting together for many years, the College Advising staff brings in a speaker who is an expert in the field of paying for college to educate families who are thinking about college, particularly paying for it. In the past, the speaker has generally been a person who works in the financial aid office of an institution as they are the ones who have insight into the day-to-day practices of how students and their families pay for college.

Director of College Advising Ken Connor’s hope with this event is to “bring in someone who can help explain how to pay for college in a way that is relatable and then allow students to prepare for that” and they are confident that this year’s speaker will do just that. This year’s speaker is John Sisk, who works in Emory University’s office of financial aid.

The purpose of this event is to provide students and parents with information regarding paying for college to make them aware of the various ways in which they can receive funding and the different types of funding that they may be eligible for when consid- ering how to pay for college (need-based financial aid, merit-based scholarships, etc.). Assistant Direc- tend this event so that they can be better educated on this topic and be well-equipped, prepared for the future. tor of College Advising Erica Engsberg believes that the more everyone knows about financing, the better equipped everyone will be to make this big decision of how to pay for college. Understanding all the different variables of paying for college makes this process far easier and less stressful for all parties involved.

Engsberg encourages the entire of the Wesleyan high school community, especially those who are currently thinking about college, and anyone else that is interested in learning more about paying for college to at-