Features & Benefits
Conductor's around-the-clock student guidance and communication is a boon to students and financial aid administators alike. It allows financial aid administrators to:
- Reach out to all who have applied for aid,
- Offer awards to those who have been determined to have need, and
- Provide alternative financing options for others,
All without one phone call, mailing, or fax.
At a Glance
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Award Letter |
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- Individualized online award letters allow students to quickly and easily accept or decline offered financial aid.
- With awards delivered electronically in real-time, Conductor speeds up the process of delivering financial aid, allowing your online award letter and financial aid information to beat the rush to your students’ mailboxes.
- Conductor’s advanced content management system allows schools to customize clickable explanations of all financial aid terms.
- Detailed reports provide school administrators with up-to-the-minute status of all award letters.
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Planning Worksheet |
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- An interactive planning worksheet helps students and their parents determine the best way to pay for college.
- Conductor makes your first impression count by instantly presenting your case for affordability and providing planning tools to meet the cost of attendance.
- Customizable help text encourages the use of students’ own resources and all scholarships and grants available to them before considering loans.
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Financing Options |
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- Detailed, side-by-side comparisons of all financial options, including estimated monthly payments, help students make the best possible choices.
- Budgeting tools help students and their parents devise a plan to fulfill unmet need.
- Detailed explanations and clickable links ensure that students and their parents fully understand their options.
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Task List |
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- Track students’ progress with a personalized Task List that guides them through the process of funding their education.
- Conductor presents students with a personalized list of required loan and award fulfillment tasks and steps, along with their statuses.
- Students are empowered to initiate self-service actions to accept awards and are reminded to complete critical follow-up tasks such as loan application and loan certification.
- Administrators can track students’ progress through the task list, providing extra counseling and guidance to students who need assistance.
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Parent Login |
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- Afford parents/guardians with student-initiated FERPA-compliant access to financial aid information and counseling.
- With a secure, read-only account, parents/guardians can work with their students to determine how the family can best finance the student’s education.
- Parents can view the progress of the student through the financial aid process and provide them with any necessary support to complete it.
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Counselor Portal |
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- Develop a bond with students by using the counselor portal to provide them with rapid responses to their queries and issues.
- Securely discuss the details of a student's case in order to give them advice that pertains to their personal situation.
- Store notes on a student's case in order to keep all counselors on the same page and able to provide the highest quality service.
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