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    The place for resources and reminders to assist you in helping your students achieve their career and college goals.

    The MEFA Institute is a series of free professional development lessons geared toward school counselors, college access professionals, and college administrators focused on planning, saving, and paying for college, planning for career, and reaching financial goals.  Learn More

    We hope you can utilize MEFA Pathway’s many resources to help guide your students through college and career planning. We have several webinars scheduled throughout the year that will walk through the different features of MEFA Pathway, so we invite you to register for those in the right-hand sidebar.

    Have Questions? Please reach out to our Program Manager, Jennifer Bento-Pinyoun, at 617-224-4827 or jbento@mefa.org.

    MEFA Pathway School Spotlight

    Brockton District SchoolsBrockton, MA

    Middle and high schools in the Brockton District have had an engaging 2019-20 academic year, despite unexpected, challenging times. Students have continued to use MEFA Pathway, the Commonwealth’s free college and career planning platform, to prepare for the future by exploring colleges, searching for scholarships, learning about careers, and more.

    Brockton High School, Edison Academy, Brockton Champion High School, and Frederick Douglas Academy have been avid users of MEFA Pathway for many years. The population for these Brockton public schools has exceeded well over 4,000 students collectively, and educators have successfully integrated MEFA Pathway’s resources and post-secondary planning guidance as part of their curriculum. Following the launch of MEFA Pathway’s middle school portal, the counselors at all 8 of the district’s middle schools have signed on as MEFA Pathway “affiliates.” This step will ensure that grade 6-8 students will have the opportunity to take advantage of the full MEFA Pathway experience for middle school students, and be able to build a foundation to support their post-secondary plans.  

    Other exciting news is that Brockton Champion HS and Edison Academy participated in MEFA Pathway’s first year of Common Application integration as inaugural schools. Led by Andrew Papile, students at these schools were able to submit college applications directly within MEFA Pathway, and will continue to do so on through the 2020-21 season.

    Additionally, Brockton High School was a winner of a $750 student scholarship in the category of most improved percentage in the third annual FAFSA Day Challenge. Brockton High School had an increase of 47% over 2019 of students who submitted a FAFSA, the main application for financial aid. This is an amazing accomplishment. The challenge encourages all Massachusetts schools and districts to support as many students as possible in completing the FAFSA, and Brockton HS certainly made an impact.

    What an unbelievable year. Keep up momentum Brockton, we can’t wait to see what 2020-21 brings.

    Recent News

    Exciting Updates to Our College & Career Planning Tool MEFA Pathway MEFA continually makes changes and adds new features to MEFA Pathway, our free college and career planning portal for Massachusetts students. MEFA Pathway helps... Read More

    Breaking News: Introducing MEFA Pathway for Middle School MEFA is thrilled to announce the launch of its college and career planning portal for students in grades 6-8. MEFA Pathway is MEFA’s established... Read More

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    “MEFA Pathway is an excellent tool. It's been a great resource to our students as they navigate the college admissions process. We always get great feedback from our students. Some of the features they like are searching colleges and majors, college comparison, and learning about different careers.   The resume builder and scholarship search are especially helpful for the students. The website is user-friendly and easy to navigate. Jennifer Bento-Pinyoun and the entire MEFA staff have gone above and beyond to assist and support our school. We can't say enough about this great organization!”

    Al Pina & Lauri Howard

    School Counselors, West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School

    Important Dates

    Feb 6 ACT: The registration deadline for this test date is January 8, 2021. Late registration occurs...

    Feb 11 FAFSA Day Support Event: The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will be available on October 1,...

    Feb 12 SAT Registration Deadline: Registration deadline for the March 13, 2021 SAT. The late registration deadlines are February...

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    MEFA Institute: Online Training And Webinars

    Feb 3 | 12:00 - 1:00pm

    Search for Colleges with MEFA Pathway

    Feb 24 | 8:00 - 8:30am

    Learn How MA State Benefits Can Help Save on the Cost of College

    Mar 11 | 12:00 - 12:30pm

    Compare Colleges with MEFA Pathway to Help Build a College List

    Apr 13 | 2:00 - 2:30pm

    Use MEFA Pathway’s College Cost Calculator to Help Make an Informed College Decision

    May 4 | 12:00 - 12:30pm

    Use MEFA Pathway’s Loan Cost Estimator to Learn the Cost of Borrowing

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    Introduction to MEFA Pathway’s Student Features & Counselor Tools

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