June 5, 2010
Financial Aid | Financial Aid And Where To Seek It Out
Money is a huge consideration when it comes to attending college. It continues to be important all throughout the years a person spends in college. For many people money may be the reason that they must walk away from their dream of pursuing higher education. It is unfortunate that the educational system often does not adequately address this issue. What this means is that the door to further education is closed for many people.
What then do you do if you need financial help or advice to remain in school? The need for more money should have you looking for a job. Many campuses across the country offer job websites or have notice boards posted where jobs can be found. Do some searching to find out if there are any jobs to be had on the campus such as in the bookstore or cafeteria. If not then expand your search to off campus locations. It helps to show a little bit of flexibility in the type of job you are looking for. Remember that this job is not the job you will be doing for the rest of your life.
Look to the financial office or student guidance center for someone you can talk to about your predicament. Every college has an office of this kind that is there to help out students, although it may be called by another name. If you do not know the name of yours then speak to someone in the administrative center of your school for further information.
Guidance counselors can be a wealth of information and can offer an empathetic ear when you are going through difficult financial times as a student. Look for them in the student help departments or in one of the offices mentioned in the above paragraph. These professionals are hired to be of help to students. Rest assured that money problems are one of the issues they deal with on a consistent basis. Guidance counselors are advisors and are worth taking the time to seek out.
A guidance counselor can help you to locate scholarships, grants, hardship loans and in some cases, temporary and quick fixes for your cash flow problem. He or she can help you to start feeling better about your circumstances and can bring back your sense of empowerment! A counselor can also help you to see what led you into this set of circumstances and how to avoid it in the future. He or she is a highly trained individual who can offer you continued advice, encouragement and support. It is also likely that the counselor can provide you with books, pamphlets and web resources to help get you back on track and keep you there!
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11 Comments on Financial Aid | Financial Aid And Where To Seek It Out »
April 15, 2011
Silly B @ 10:52 pm:
You need to wait until January 1st 2010 to fill out the FAFSA for 2010-2011 school year. Its not available until the first year -2010- starts.
Also that is NOT the FAFSA website, this is.
IDK what the website you linked to is, but its not the federal government, just use the .gov site?
edit*** You do not need to file it yet, since it isn't available until January noone will require it to be done until like February or March.
April 17, 2011
kathy a. @ 5:54 am:
caldem, i also went to a private college, on scholarships and luck and working up to 3 jobs. and yes, i'm grateful for the financial aid available. my husband and my sister went to UC berkeley, both working themselves through, with financial aid.
the point here is that financial aid is not keeping up. and the costs are so high now that no student can get by without very serious financial help. my parents contributed $2000 to my post-high school education, and then i was on my own. and in my day, i could get by without enormous loans. that is not really true now.
May 24, 2011
Belie @ 10:31 am:
The great, GREAT majority of college scholarships are provided directly by colleges themselves to their incoming freshmen. The percentage of scholarship money awarded every year through "independently researched scholarships/loans" is in the single digits – probably the low single digits – and none of those scholarships are represented in the College Board profiles. Those are "institutional awards" only (from that particular college). There are only a handful of grant programs for higher ed from the Federal government, so most Federal aid is either work-study or subsidized loans (no interest accumulates while you're in school).
Be very careful if you're using those College Board numbers to compare the affordability of schools. I get the feeling that the way that data is reported to CB is interpreted in different ways by different colleges. They won't necessarily be "apples to apples" comparisons.
June 10, 2011
selduhhh @ 12:31 am:
The article says that, “tuiton increases are actua;;y a good idea- as long as they're matched with financial aid, including scholarships, for poor students.” I do believe that UC tuiton is good if this statement were true, but what I find hard to believe that students are not matched up with financial aid or scholarships. Through my experience it seems that students have to find financial aid and scholarships themselves. What if those students don't know about financial aid nor scholarships?
Ever since I was in high school I've always had a hard time finding scholarships, especially ones where I would feel confident in winning. As for financial aid, my family would never qualify. I'm sure I'm not the only student who has the same problem. While in that situation how does UC tuiton rising become a good thing?
June 30, 2011
robertogreco @ 5:42 am:
How soon can I move to a place for next semester if financial aid pays for it?
August 15, 2011
Jon M dn ?p?s s??? @ 6:41 am:
There are some (perhaps many) unbalanced individuals that post things. She sounds disturbed.
As you said, you are a new Christian and are learning God's word. She should have been encouraging and helpful. Instead she chose to tear you down. That says nothing about you, but it speaks volumes about her.
There is no such thing as a perfect Christian; we all need the Lord.
September 5, 2011
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September 17, 2011
Owen D. @ 3:12 am:
Financial aid is money you recieve to help pay for school. This includes loans, grants, and scholarships. Loans you have to pay back, usually after you get out of school. Grants and scholarships are free money you don't have to pay back. You should go to and apply for financial aid. FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This may give you a Pell grant (free money you don't have to pay back) or a Stafford loan.
I hope this clears things up for you!
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September 20, 2011
USMC_Inspired @ 3:50 am:
No one in this world is "perfect" and the lady should realize this. If she has a relationship with God, she should no better then to say something like this. As it says in the Bible "Love thy neighbor." She shouldn't have said those rude things to you, instead she should've been respectful to you. We all have sinned and made mistakes in our lives. The most important thing is to just let this roll of your shoulders and continue your relationship with God. Don't let people get to you and bring you down, that is what Satan wants. Stay strong, read the Bible and pray!
God Bless
October 7, 2011
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