Posts tagged with “Financial Aid” (All posts)
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An Ambitious Goal
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018On October 26, 2018, Carleton College announced the launch of Every Carl for Carleton, a $400 million comprehensive campaign—the most ambitious in Carleton’s history.
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The World Needs Carls
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018For a century and a half, Carls have applied their liberal arts education to working in a wide variety of fields, problem-solving and innovating, and pursuing meaningful lives. Today the world needs Carls more than ever.
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Tracking Our Progress
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018Leadership giving by trustees and other early donors has given the Every Carl for Carleton campaign a flying start, with more than $300 million raised toward the $400 million goal.
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Four Pillars for Success: Enrolling the Best Students
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018Attracting talented, diverse, engaged students takes resources. So does our pledge to meet their full demonstrated financial need. Carleton will expand its annual financial aid budget to continue enrolling outstanding new Carls from a wide range of backgrounds.
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Making Carleton Possible
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018To help students like Zach McCrary ’21, Trace McCreary ’89 doubled his donations using the 1866 Scholarship Match.
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On the Job
Every Carl for Carleton: Fall 2018Many students can’t afford to take unpaid internships. Carleton helps bridge the opportunity gap for students like Minda Liu ’18, one of 125 students who received internship funding from the Career Center in 2017.
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Keeping Carleton’s Promise
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017Financing a college education has always been a challenge. Paul Thiboutot, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid, knows this firsthand. He was a first-generation college student at Boston College and later helped pay his daughter’s way through Carleton. Neither of their degrees would have been possible without financial aid.
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Helping the Highest-Need Students
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017Juggling a stressful first year at Carleton, a work-study job, a part-time job, and the home business she and her mother run was wearing on Danny Campos Gonzalez ’20. She’d often return to her dorm room around 10:30 p.m. exhausted from the long day. Her floor mates suggested she not work quite so much.
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The Facts of Financial Aid
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017Facts and figures to help understand the complexities of a Carleton financial aid award, which typically includes a combination of Carleton-funded grants and scholarships, work-study employment, and federal student loans.
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On the Job
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017“If you’re going to do a job, you should take pride in your work,” says Sharaka Berry ’18, who works as a building supervisor at the rec center. “Whether it’s folding towels or stacking weights, even cleaning the lint trap out of the dryer, that’s all part of the job.”
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The $50 Difference
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017In the fall of 1954, Yvonne Connolly Martin ’58 almost didn’t come to Carleton. She was $50 short. She’d applied on the advice of her guidance counselor and hadn’t really thought about money. When her acceptance letter came, her parents—an insurance agent and a homemaker—sat down to figure out what they could afford.
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Tearing Up the Barriers
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017Larnzell Martin ’72 doesn’t remember where the letter came from. He definitely remembers ripping it up, though.
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Give today to support Carleton students
Keeping Carleton Affordable: Fall 2017Your gift to financial aid makes Carleton possible for students from all walks of life—removing barriers for outstanding students who deserve a place at Carleton, regardless of family income.
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Dreams & Dollars
Financial Aid: Spring 2015In the Carleton budget, financial aid looks like just another line item in a spreadsheet . . . but for prospective students, it’s a life-changer
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Staying True to Our Values
Financial Aid: Spring 2015Your gifts to financial aid help us admit the best students and keep Carleton strong