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…learn how Financial A id can help you Achieve it!

…learn how Financial A id can help you Achieve it!. Presented by: Lavinia Zanassi – Career Counselor and Instructor Jocelyn Vila – Financial Aid Program Services Coordinator Spring 2012. Presentation Overview. What is Career Planning? Basic Premises and Concepts What is Financial Aid?

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…learn how Financial A id can help you Achieve it!

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  1. …learn how Financial Aid can help you Achieveit! Presented by: Lavinia Zanassi – Career Counselor and Instructor Jocelyn Vila – Financial Aid Program Services Coordinator Spring 2012

  2. Presentation Overview • What is Career Planning? • Basic Premises and Concepts • What is Financial Aid? • Basic Premises and Concepts • Tuition Cost and Cost of Attendance • Career Planning + Financial Aid • How it can help you • Example – Legal Careers • Questions & Answers

  3. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fairAnd having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

  4. The Career Planning Road

  5. The Path Best Taken

  6. What is Financial Aid? • Financial aid helps you pay for your college education. • The purpose is to help you successfully complete your educational and career goals. • The financial aid process is not as complicated as you think. • Along with the Skyline Career Center, the Financial Aid Office is also here to help you.

  7. Basic premises of financial aid • Students and parents are considered the primary sourcesfor funding a college education and are expected to contribute to the extent they are able • Financial aid measures a family’s ability,not willingness, to pay for a college education

  8. Tuition Cost… Tuition: SkylineSFSUUC BerkeleyStanford $1,104 $6,888 $12,834 $41,250 The above amounts are based on full-time status for one year Start at Skyline College and SAVE MONEY!

  9. Total Cost (Cost of Attendance “COA”) Total Cost: SkylineSFSUUC BerkeleyStanford $11,685 $25,828 $32,634 $58,846 Please Remember: Every college has their own Cost of Attendance Cost is not onlyTuition & Fees, butalso includes: Books & Supplies Room & Board Personal Expenses Transportation

  10. Financial Aid… Can help you to be more: • PREPARED • INFORMED • SUCCESSFULL ACHIEVEyour Educational and Career Goals!

  11. Interested in the Legal Field? Career Path Option 1: Lawyer • Education Required • Bachelor’s Degree (4-year degree) • Law School Degree (J.D., 3-4 years) • Average total number of years in college = 7 - 8 • Median Salary • Lawyer = $68,000 - $75,000 (depending on location) • Typical Work Schedule • Very demanding • Normally not a regular 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. schedule • Expect to work long hours • 10-12 hour days, 6-7 days a week (no overtime pay)

  12. Alternatives… Career Path Option 2: Paralegal or Legal Secretary/Assistant • Education Required • Associate of Arts Degree (60 semester units) • Certificate (27 semester units) • Average total number of years in college = 1.5 – 2 • Median Salary • Paralegal = $48,000 - $55,000 • Legal Assistant/Secretary = $45,000 - $50,000 • Typical Work Schedule • Normally Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. schedule • During busy periods expect some: • Nights, weekends and holidays may be required (overtime is paid)

  13. How Much Will it Cost? Career Path Option 1: Lawyer • B.A./B.S + Law School = $46,500 per year (Public) • 3 year full-time program = $139,500 • B.A./B.S + Law School = $ 48,800 per year (Private) • 3 year full-time program = $146,400 • 4 year part-time program = $126,840 ($31,710 per year) Career Path Option 2: Paralegal or Legal Secretary/Assistant • A.A Degree = $2,700 (California Community College) • Certificate = $1,200 (California Community College) • Above totals are for the Entire Program Please Note: The above numbers are for tuition fees only and represent average estimation amounts. They do not include other cost of living expenses

  14. Career Planning + Financial Aid Career Planning + Financial Aid Awareness More Informed Choices and Greater Savings

  15. Importance of the 3 P’s • Research = Paper • Gather information - READ • Interactive = People • Talk with people about their career experiences • Experiential = Practice • Apply for internships and shadowing opportunities By failing to prepare you are failing to position yourself for the road ahead; positioning dictates the efficiency of, and ease of SUCCESS. – Anonymous

  16. Which Road Will You Take? …two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

  17. Questions… Thank You!!! Lavinia Zanassi – zanassi@smccd.edu Jocelyn Vila – vilaj@smccd.edu If you would like an electronic copy of this presentation please email Jocelyn Vila

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