Students, parents and high school counselors can get their college and financial aid questions answered as well as receive assistance with federal financial aid applications during a live chat event scheduled at 2 p.m., Sept. 7, on the Mapping Your Future Web site.
Mapping Your Future will offer this special chat to help students and their parents understand the college application and the financial aid processes and how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Anyone with Internet access can join in the chat by visiting www.mapping-your-future.org. Simple instructions will guide them on how to join the chat.
Mapping Your Future is a national collaborative public service project of the financial aid industry. It brings together the expertise of the industry to provide free college, career, financial aid and literacy services for schools, students and families.
The Mapping Your Future Web site is sponsored by the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program (OGSLP) and other guaranty agencies that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
In Oklahoma, loans for higher education or post-secondary education made to students by private or public lending institutions are guaranteed by the federal government through OGSLP, which is administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.