Free Tuition for Four Year Degree in New Jersey
Free Tuition for Four Year Degree in New Jersey
New Jersey has 2 programs for free tuition for NJ residents who meet the requirements.
The first program is called STARS and pays tuition at a New Jersey county college for 2 years: http://www.state.nj.us/features/njstars.html
In order to qualify students must:
Graduate in the top 20 percent of their high school class
Maintain full-time enrollment status at a New Jersey community college
Perform satisfactorily in coursework while receiving the scholarship
Apply for any eligible need-based federal and merit-based State financial aid grants
The second program is called STARS II and provides tuition for successful STARS graduates to attend their third and fourth years of college at approved NJ state colleges and universities. http://www.njstars.net/
COMMENT
I am sure there are some similar programs across the United States in other states. At a minimum STARS and STARS II are worth more than $12,000 to each student taking advantage of it. I am no accountant, but I think this is free money that the student or parents do not have to pay income tax on. So, I would guess if one had taxes like federal and state income tax with held as well as social security, unemployment, and whatever else is taken out...I would guess it would be worth at least $20,000 taxable money or more.
And with such grades necessary to qualify for the 2 STARS programs, maybe the student would also qualify for other aid for room, board, books, and living expenses.
I think parents and their children preparing for high school should be made aware of programs like the STARS programs. They should target themselves for the program. Remedial courses should be made available for students to be able to master their required schoolwork and obtain good grades in high school. Middle school and high school administrators should be able to provide tutoring when necessary.
Many students take longer than 4 years to graduate from college because they spend a semester or two doing remedial work that should have been accomplished in high school. By applying themselves in middle and high school STARS awardees have proven they can do college work because of their high grades they earned there.
Most STARS awardees should not have to borrow money for their college tuition. Depending on circumstance, I would venture that most would not have to borrow for room and board either. The kids start life with their 4 year college degrees most likely without any student loans.
There are middle school students that already have a track record of achievement and students, faculty, and parents would say already that they would be the most likely awardees of the STARS program, but others can make it if they worked a little harder for it and had support from school and their family. The kids that have to work harder should have support so that they remain focused and steady in their achievement.
The vast majority of graduating high school seniors will not qualify for the STARS program in New Jersey or similar programs in other states, and these students that go on to college will have a more difficult time financially and academically. If more students applied themselves with school and family support, financing college and doing college level work would be much less of a problem.
Parents should make sure their kids in grammar school will be prepared to do middle school work. They should make sure their middle school sons and daughters are learning enough to accomplish high school work.Parents should make sure that their high school kids are learning so they will be prepared for college level work.
Here are the things to look out for if you should have a discussion with your child's teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators:
1. Ask you child what they learned that day for each subject they are taking and ask them to demonstrate what they learned.
2. Does you child bring home test papers everyday? If not, make teacher appointments.
3. Does any teacher show one or more movies in class each week instead of providing prepared lectures?
4. Does the pace of studies in each text assure you that it will be completed before the end of the school year?
5. Does your child bring home test papers with grade of C or less much of the time?
6. Does your child have homework everyday?
7. Does your child have reading to accomplish at home everyday?
8. Does your child have projects to accomplish at home like book reports, term papers, memorization of songs, poems, or quotes, preparation of speeches to give in the front of the class, and the like.
9. Does your child go to the library for books to read not required by school, but solely of the child's interest?
9. Does you child bring home crafts prepared at school or none?
10. Does your child tell you the teacher is covering material that previous teachers covered?
11. Is your child encouraged to write whole sentences, paragraphs, and entire stories or assignments each week?
12. Do you think the material and subject matter taught in your child's classes are challenging enough?
Parents must w3itness that your child has a challengong school program and that he or she is doing well with all challenges.
New Jersey has 2 programs for free tuition for NJ residents who meet the requirements.
The first program is called STARS and pays tuition at a New Jersey county college for 2 years: http://www.state.nj.us/features/njstars.html
In order to qualify students must:
Graduate in the top 20 percent of their high school class
Maintain full-time enrollment status at a New Jersey community college
Perform satisfactorily in coursework while receiving the scholarship
Apply for any eligible need-based federal and merit-based State financial aid grants
The second program is called STARS II and provides tuition for successful STARS graduates to attend their third and fourth years of college at approved NJ state colleges and universities. http://www.njstars.net/
COMMENT
I am sure there are some similar programs across the United States in other states. At a minimum STARS and STARS II are worth more than $12,000 to each student taking advantage of it. I am no accountant, but I think this is free money that the student or parents do not have to pay income tax on. So, I would guess if one had taxes like federal and state income tax with held as well as social security, unemployment, and whatever else is taken out...I would guess it would be worth at least $20,000 taxable money or more.
And with such grades necessary to qualify for the 2 STARS programs, maybe the student would also qualify for other aid for room, board, books, and living expenses.
I think parents and their children preparing for high school should be made aware of programs like the STARS programs. They should target themselves for the program. Remedial courses should be made available for students to be able to master their required schoolwork and obtain good grades in high school. Middle school and high school administrators should be able to provide tutoring when necessary.
Many students take longer than 4 years to graduate from college because they spend a semester or two doing remedial work that should have been accomplished in high school. By applying themselves in middle and high school STARS awardees have proven they can do college work because of their high grades they earned there.
Most STARS awardees should not have to borrow money for their college tuition. Depending on circumstance, I would venture that most would not have to borrow for room and board either. The kids start life with their 4 year college degrees most likely without any student loans.
There are middle school students that already have a track record of achievement and students, faculty, and parents would say already that they would be the most likely awardees of the STARS program, but others can make it if they worked a little harder for it and had support from school and their family. The kids that have to work harder should have support so that they remain focused and steady in their achievement.
The vast majority of graduating high school seniors will not qualify for the STARS program in New Jersey or similar programs in other states, and these students that go on to college will have a more difficult time financially and academically. If more students applied themselves with school and family support, financing college and doing college level work would be much less of a problem.
Parents should make sure their kids in grammar school will be prepared to do middle school work. They should make sure their middle school sons and daughters are learning enough to accomplish high school work.Parents should make sure that their high school kids are learning so they will be prepared for college level work.
Here are the things to look out for if you should have a discussion with your child's teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators:
1. Ask you child what they learned that day for each subject they are taking and ask them to demonstrate what they learned.
2. Does you child bring home test papers everyday? If not, make teacher appointments.
3. Does any teacher show one or more movies in class each week instead of providing prepared lectures?
4. Does the pace of studies in each text assure you that it will be completed before the end of the school year?
5. Does your child bring home test papers with grade of C or less much of the time?
6. Does your child have homework everyday?
7. Does your child have reading to accomplish at home everyday?
8. Does your child have projects to accomplish at home like book reports, term papers, memorization of songs, poems, or quotes, preparation of speeches to give in the front of the class, and the like.
9. Does your child go to the library for books to read not required by school, but solely of the child's interest?
9. Does you child bring home crafts prepared at school or none?
10. Does your child tell you the teacher is covering material that previous teachers covered?
11. Is your child encouraged to write whole sentences, paragraphs, and entire stories or assignments each week?
12. Do you think the material and subject matter taught in your child's classes are challenging enough?
Parents must w3itness that your child has a challengong school program and that he or she is doing well with all challenges.
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