WELCOME
Welcome to COMPASS Guide, the hub for college planning in Milwaukee! We can point you in the right direction for career, college and financial aid information and tools.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Our most popular feature is the scholarship listing where you will find more than $4 million in LOCAL scholarships. Most of these are targeted for students who plan to attend college. Immediately following high school graduation, click on our Scholarship section to the upper left.

GETTING STARTED
Who are you? To start using the site, you may want to click on the menu above for students, parents, counselors and community members. You will find timelines, financial aid steps, pre-college information and the Education and Career and Opportunity System, an online tool for college planning.

WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
Are you the first in your family to go to college?or graduate from college? Maybe you're the first to graduate from high school. We'd love to hear from you about your own success stories, or struggles in achieving your dream. To complete a survey or share your story, click here.

ABOUT COMPASS GUIDE
COMPASS Guide is a nonprofit collaboration whose mission is to increase post-secondary access for youth in southeastern Wisconsin, especially those who are low-income, students of color or the first in their families to attend college. COMPASS Guide is managed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Urban Initiatives and Research.

Fall 2009 Newsletter