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Parents and students can ask questions about standardized tests, college admissions, and financial aid during online chat event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/January 23, 2003
Contact: RIHEAA, (800) 922-9855

Students and parents who have questions about standardized tests, college admissions, and financial aid can get the answers they need during a chat event on Mapping Your Future in February. Mapping Your Future, a public-service web site providing college, career, and financial aid information and services, will offer an evening "Standardized Tests and College Admissions" chat on Feb. 4, 2003.

This live event, scheduled for 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern); 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Central); 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Mountain); and Noon. to 1 p.m. (Pacific), provides a unique opportunity to receive information and advice about standardized tests and college admissions, as well as financial aid information and instructions for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The interactive event is designed to help students navigate through what some consider a maze of career, college and financial aid information - all from the privacy and convenience of a personal computer.

During the chat event, students and their families will learn more about:

the three main standardized tests for undergraduate students,
information about each of the exams and how to get more information,
tips to prepare for the exams,
college admission applications via the web,
where to find online scholarship search services and what to look for in those services,
online tools for determining the costs of college and how to pay for it,
completing the FAFSA application online, and
other financial aid and college admission topics.

Anyone with Internet access can join in the chat by visiting mappingyourfuture.org on the World Wide Web. On the evening of the chat, visitors will go to mappingyourfuture.org and select the chat session. Simple instructions will guide them on how to join the event. Visitors can register to be reminded about the chat in advance by signing up online at http://mappingyourfuture.org/services/chatnight.htm.

Other special chats scheduled during the coming year include:

March 11, 2003 Evening Chat - Deferments, Forbearances & Default Prevention
April 8, 2003 Daytime Chat - Debt Management Strategies
May 6, 2003 Evening Chat - Loan Forgiveness, Discharge, and Cancellation
June 10, 2003 Evening Chat - Loan Consolidation
July 8, 2003 Evening Chat - Online/Distance Education
Aug. 5, 2003 Evening Chat - College Admissions and Standardized Tests
Sept. 9, 2003 Daytime Chat - Deferments, Forbearances & Default Prevention

Mapping Your Future is a national financial aid industry project sponsored by guaranty agencies that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and supported by Friends that include lenders and servicers.

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