College Planning
Welcome to Invest in your Future, the college planning division of the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation.
The Invest in your Future (IF) program provides free outreach services regarding all aspects of the college planning and financial aid application processes. The program is designed to promote college access and awareness and includes a college planning resource center and library, a toll-free hotline, community presentations, customized material distribution, online tools and resources, and much more. Our goal is to help families realize the benefits of a higher education and assist them in making that dream a reality. Our focus is to help you...Invest in your Future, Invest in YOU!
Learn more about what you can do to help plan for college by visiting these sections of our Web site:
- Planning for College
- The College Search
- Applying to College
- Congratulations, You've Been Accepted…Now What?
- Paying for College
- The Final Steps
For Students and Families
Visit our Resource Center located at 525 Brook Street in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Call our toll-free hotline 1-866-PLAN-4IF (1-866-752-6443) to schedule an appointment or to find answers to your college planning questions.
Click here to access CSLF's College Guide.
Click here to access CSLF's Parent Guide to Financial Aid.
Click here to access On the Road to Success: A Student Guide to College Funding.
Click here to access materials to help protect yourself against Identity Theft.
Click here to sign-up for CSLF's Parent College Planning eTips.
For School Counselors and Educational Professionals
Click here for more information on how we can help you and your students.
Click here to register for CSLF's School Counselor Training.
The College Planning portion of our website has been broken down by planning activity for easier navigation. Please use the links to the left to help you navigate through the information available. If you do not find what you are looking for, please feel free to contact a member of our College Planning team or email plan4if@mail.cslf.org. Information about Guarantor Services, CSLF's guaranty division, is available in the Guarantor Services portion of this website. Information about Susie Mae, CSLF's lending division, is also available in the Education Loans portion of this website.