The CPC offers residents of the MetroWest region free college planning and advising. Our College Planning Program supports students through the college enrollment process by providing guidance on building a college list, completing applications, applying for financial aid, reviewing financial aid award letters, and taking the next steps toward their educational goals.
Dual Enrollment
The CPC offers dual enrollment courses through Framingham State University as part of the Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Partnership (or CDEP). Dual enrollment courses allow eligible high school students the opportunity to enroll in college courses for credit.
Please visit the CDEP webpage for information on eligibility.
Middle School Engagement
College and career readiness involves a complex set of mindsets and skills that are best acquired slowly and intentionally over time and that focus not only on academic preparedness but on self-regulatory and social-emotional skills. With this in mind, the CPC engages with students as early as middle school. We know that middle schoolers who perceive a future-oriented and supportive school environment exhibit higher engagement and academic outcomes. Yet even ambitious adolescents often lack the structured support needed to make informed decisions about their futures. The early adolescent period then is an ideal entry point for structured college and career readiness work.
Dream Catchers is an early intervention model that nurtures college-going mindsets, innovation, and decision-making skills, as well as career awareness and exploration before students transition to high school. Specifically, Dream Catchers helps young people:
1) Learn how to be successful learners inside and outside of school in order to build academic confidence and success.
2) Identify their strengths and passions so they can chart a path through high school and college that nourishes those strengths and passions while exploring and developing new ones.
3) Be exposed to the vast, interconnected possibilities between academic subjects taken in high school and college, and industry sectors.
Interested In Learning More?
For additional details about Early College, College Planning, Dual Enrollment, or Middle School Engagement programs, please reach out to cpcprograms [at] framingham.edu. We look forward to assisting you.
