New Web site helps Montana families prepare for college

October 22, 2007

A new Web site for Montana students and their parents offers help and specific steps for getting into college, starting as early as middle school.

The Web site -- at http://www.knowhow2gomontana.org -- is an extension of a national initiative to encourage and prepare more low-income and first-generation students to get into college. Montana's version was launched by the nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation http://www.safmt.org/ and other members of the Montana College Access Network http://www.smartaboutcollege.org/help-saf/montana-college-access.jsp .

The Web site suggests four steps to guide students toward college:

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