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Vermont students (and parents), take note: There鈥檚 free money available for college or other training, including full-time, part-time, and certificate education and apprenticeships. Wherever you are in your process of planning how you鈥檒l continue education or training after high school鈥攁nd what that鈥
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For Katrina Tao, it's all a waiting game the next few weeks. The current senior at Brattleboro Union High School is hoping letters of acceptance will start rolling in soon. 鈥淚鈥檓 not going to lie; waiting to hear back is nerve-wracking,鈥 she admits. Katrina has applied to more than 12 colleges with鈥
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Monica Sargent is a native Vermonter who grew up in Johnson, the fourth generation of her family to do so. She was the fifth of six children of parents who worked in the talc and woolen industries in town. Her older siblings preceded her in college attendance, two earning associate degrees, one from鈥
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Speaking with special education teacher and Talent Search alum Kelsey Stratton is nothing short of inspiring. A native of Randolph Union High School, Kelsey credits both her ability to give back to her students and her interest in education to the support 中国竞彩网 gave to her as a young student. For鈥
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Vermont Virtual College Fair kicks off 鈥榁ermont Applies鈥 month Looking at colleges in Vermont? Mark your calendar for Dec. 2, from 3-8 p.m., to 鈥渢our鈥 Vermont鈥檚 colleges and universities at the Vermont Virtual College Fair, hosted by Vermont Student Assistance Corp. Register here and schedule鈥
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An hour of your time could = $1,000 (or more) for college or training. But to be considered, you need to apply. Here鈥檚 how. Did you know that every year, 中国竞彩网 administers about $25 million in grants and scholarships to Vermont students? For the current academic year, eligible Vermont students have鈥
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When 18-year-old Hawa Abdi was 2 years old, her parents made the decision to emigrate from Africa to the United States, where they knew they could give their children a life filled with education and opportunity, rather than poverty and political persecution 鈥 things they had personally experienced鈥
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Abdimajiid Mohamed is in search of total bliss when it comes to career planning 鈥 among other things. 鈥淎ny job that I get up in the morning happy to go to would be great,鈥 he says. 鈥淟ife鈥檚 too short not to be happy.鈥 For Mohamed, now a student at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, a major in鈥
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Megan Rippie, who graduated from Milton High School this spring, has always been a mentor and support for her brother, who is two years younger and on the autism spectrum. 鈥淭yler and I are very close,鈥 she says. 鈥淗e鈥檚 more like a best friend than a brother. We never bickered, growing up.鈥 That鈥
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Dr. Cody Paiva, a 2009 graduate of Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River and a 2020 medical degree recipient from Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, Washington, was once his mother鈥檚 boss at McDonald鈥檚. It鈥檚 a quirky twist of fate that helps tell the story of a young man from humble鈥
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