Academics
College Counseling
Building Aid Generosity and Affordability into Your School List
This workshop gives you the tools and resources to evaluate how generous colleges will be with their need-based and merit-based aid and to calculate your expected awards and costs. You’ll have an understanding your financial commitments to the colleges on your list before you apply. Insights and actions you'll take away from this session:
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- Using data to easily compare colleges’ need and merit policies.
- The pros and pitfalls of Net Price Calculators.
- How to research merit scholarships at colleges on your list.
- Tips to engage with colleges on aid and scholarships.
- Process to evaluate your college list for financial fit.
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.