{"id":646,"date":"2017-03-21T09:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=646"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:47:19","slug":"learn-more-about-financial-aid-award-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/21\/learn-more-about-financial-aid-award-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn More about Financial Aid Award Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-647\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/letter.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/letter.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/letter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reviewing and comparing award letters is an important part of the decision-making process for college-bound students.<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to help families understand and interpret financial aid offers next week during a Twitter chat organized by the National College Access Network and the American Council on Education.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long discussion kicks off at 3 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, March 28. Follow along and ask questions using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/awardletterschat?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;src=hash\">#AwardLettersChat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Featured guests include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasfaa?lang=en\">@NASFAA<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kheaa?lang=en\">@KHEAA<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Loyola University (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LOYOLAdmission?lang=en\">@LoyolAdmission<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFofStL?lang=en\">@SFofStL<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Holley Nicols, University of North Carolina Scholars Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holleybnichols\/followers\">@holleybnicols<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Admitted\u00a0writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/08\/etiquette-advice-for-students-facing-questions-about-college\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewing and comparing award letters is an important part of the decision-making process for college-bound students. Learn how to help families understand and interpret financial aid offers next week during a Twitter chat organized by the National College Access Network and the American Council on Education. The hour-long discussion kicks off at 3 p.m. (ET) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/21\/learn-more-about-financial-aid-award-letters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn More about Financial Aid Award Letters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[290,288,289],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-aid","tag-american-council-on-education","tag-award-letters","tag-national-college-access-network"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-aq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}