planning your leave

1. General Advice
2. Before You Leave
3. Before and During Your Time Off
4. When You Return to Campus

> before you leave

1. meet with your college venture program coordinator and your campus dean

You will need to fill out appropriate paperwork, and they will tell you which other offices you need to notify before you leave campus.

2. meet with your financial aid advisor

This way, you can be absolutely certain about how time off affects your loans, financial planning, etc.

3. leave a forwarding address

Give your forwarding address to your campus post office before you leave.

4. note important deadlines

Make yourself aware of any deadlines that you should know about for your return to campus – notifying your school of your return, filing your family’s income tax return with the financial aid office, registering for limited enrollment classes, etc.

5. register with college venture and sign up on our listserv

Even though you have already found something to do, if you register with us and sign up on our list serv, we can potentially connect you to other leavetakers and resources relevant for your time away.

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