Our accomplishments

Since 1996, Mapping Your Future has served students and their families, educators, school financial aid professionals, and others in the financial aid industry in a number of ways, always keeping in mind the original mission of the organization. Volunteers and professional staff have worked together to counsel students and families about career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy choices through a state-of-the-art website.

Through this collaboration, over the past 17 years Mapping Your Future has accomplished the following:

  • Released the MappingXpress document collection service - 2012
  • Introduced Grace Period and Repayment and Loan Management counseling - 2011
  • 13 millionth Online Counseling session completed - 2010
  • Introduced financial literacy counseling  - 2009
  • Redesigned the website - 2008
  • Launched a Spanish version of CareerShip® - 2007
  • Celebrated the organization's 10th year of providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services to students, families, and schools - 2006
  • Introduced the fully redesigned CareerShip exploration tool, including an interest survey and up-to-date information on hundreds of careers - 2005
  • Began offering Online Counseling (Stafford entrance and exit) to Spanish-speaking borrowers - 2004
  • Introduced saving for college information for students and families - 2003
  • One millionth borrower completed Online Counseling - 2002
  • Began receiving support from lenders, servicers, and secondary markets via the Friends program – 2001
  • Incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization - 2000
  • Created the financial aid offices Access Area, a secure, password-protected site for schools to access Online Counseling data and create customized pages - 1999
  • Began offering Stafford exit counseling shortly after regulations allowed this interview via online methods - 1998
  • Introduced Online Counseling, offering Stafford entrance counseling - 1997
  • Launched the website - 1996

Awards

The Mapping Your Future website has been recognized with the following awards: