From counselors at lists.onenet.net Mon Dec 8 10:16:33 2025 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 16:16:33 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] FAFSA Night Recommendations Response #2 Message-ID: We have hosted FAFSA nights for the past few years, but we never have more than three or four families attend. (We graduate approximately 55 seniors per year.) Have any of you found a way to improve participation? What is the secret in the sauce? I make attendance a graduation requirement. I host two events one in the fall and one in the spring time. Whether the families choose to fill out an application or just stay to view the presentation. I have found a tremendous increase in attendance. While families are getting help with their applications I use that time to do a credit check and verify and credit recovery that needs to happen before graduation. Graduating is important to them and so is where they are in the process. I always note it as a come and go event and provide success. I’ve seen a big increase in participation. Best of luck! srandle at tsas.org Sabrina Wood, M.S. Coordinator for Student Preparation for College Readiness Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9257 swood at osrhe.edu https://www.okhighered.org/student-prep/ [cid:image005.png at 01D8B884.BA0BF7D0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-cid_image0.png Type: image/png Size: 13036 bytes Desc: Outlook-cid_image0.png URL: