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Plan early, apply for many scholarships and meet financial-aid staff, hosts say

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency · January 15, 2026
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Summary

PHEAA podcast hosts advised students to begin college and career exploration as early as ninth grade, visit campuses (or use virtual tours), build scholarship resumes and establish relationships with financial-aid staff to uncover on-campus opportunities.

On the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency’s Higher Education Access Corner podcast, hosts Tiffany DeVan and Dionna Brown offered practical college-planning advice that they said helps students be "financial aid ready."

Brown told listeners to research school fit, location and academic programs and to use EducationPlanner.org to compare options in one place. She recommended…

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