February/March 2003 Online Publication

table of contents These live events provide a unique opportunity to receive information and advice.

Mapping Your Future Chats Submitted by Larry Sharp, HESAA Mapping Your Future is a national financial aid industry project sponsored by guaranty agencies that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and supported by friends that include lenders and servicers. Mapping Your Future has scheduled on-line chats for the coming year that include: March 11, 2003 Evening Chat - Deferments, Forbearances and Default Prevention April 8, 2003 Day Chat - Debt Management Strategies May 6, 2003 Evening Chat - Loan Forgiveness, Discharge, and Cancellation June 10, 2003 Evening Chat - Loan Consolidation July 8, 2003 Evening Chat - On-line/Distance Education August 5, 2003 Evening Chat - College Admissions and Standardized Tests September 9, 2003 Daytime Chat - Deferments, Forbearances and Default Prevention These live events provide a unique opportunity to receive information and advice. The interactive events are designed to help students navigate through what some consider a maze of career, college and financial aid information - all from the privacy and convenience of a personal computer. Anyone with Internet access can join in the chat by visiting www.mapping-your-future.org on the World Wide Web. On the day or evening of the specific chat session a visitor might like to join, they may go to mapping-your-future-org and select the chat session. Simple instructions will guide them on how to join the event. Visitors can also register to be reminded about the chat in advance by signing up on-line at http://mapping-your-future.org/services/chatnight.htm.