Why this portal exists
Most students who leave college could have stayed.
They don't leave because they can't do the work. They leave because of a bill nobody explained, a hold nobody lifted, a semester nobody asked about. EFF membership is the crew that asks — and knows the building.
Week three. A sophomore opens her portal and sees a red banner: financial aid hold. Her classes drop Friday. She starts typing "I think I'm taking a semester off" — then opens MyEFF instead. REACH triages the hold. A chapter president two dorms away says, "That's the financial aid office. Here's exactly what to ask. Want me to walk over with you?"
"I didn't need money that day. I needed someone who knew the building."