Every senior going to college wants a full ride to their dream college, but not everybody has that opportunity. Only half of America’s seniors say that they are prepared for college, but in actuality it’s not hard at all to prepare yourself for college. When I ventured the campus of University of North Texas I was actually surprised at how close I was to separating from my parents’ security.

First thing’s first apply for fafsa, No matter what your circumstances are applying for extra money that the government provides will always help in the long run. Setting up a date to take your SAT, ACT, or TSI and studying is crucial to getting accepted to a college that you plan to attend. If your a Texas resident then after you have aced the SAT, ACT, or TSI and your fafsa has been received then you should proceed to creating an account with ApplyTexas. This website is super helpful to get as many applications to as many colleges that you are looking into. After I created my account I sent ten applications out to colleges just so I could see which college I wanted to look into and that helped me narrow it down to the University of North Texas. Once you have been accepted to a college making sure that you have everything in order to be fully admitted like if the college has received your fafsa and applying for as many scholarships as possible. The more free money you can get the less the student loans you will have.