May 15, 2010
Financial Aid | Scholarships For Military Spouses – Enter To Win A $10,000 Scholarship For Military Dependents
If you are someone interested in getting your degree or if you are the spouse of a person enlisted in the armed forces, whether the army, navy or the marines, you are eligible for financial aid to go back to school. It does not matter whether your spouse is still on active duty or if he or she has been retired for some time. But before you do anything, you must first find out what types of scholarships, what kind of requirements are needed in order to register and also what kind of limitations each scholarship will have. As you may know, not all scholarships are created equal and some of these will only cover tuition costs while others are more flexible in what you can do with the money.
Military Spouse And Family Education Assistance Programs
Listen, if you are determined to go back to school or getting your degree, you can learn more about education benefits directly from the Department of Veterans Affairs and what types of services are available. For example:
1. Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts or MyCAA. This program provides up to $6,000 of financial assistance for military spouses who are pursuing a degree.
2. Spouse And Dependents Education Assistance Program or DEA provides up to 45 months of education benefits. This can be used for degree and certificate programs as well as apprenticeship and on the job training.
3. Free $10,000 Military Scholarships. This program provides $10,000 that you may use in any way you want. In a way, this scholarship is the most flexible to use and the easiest to apply. You can use the money to pay for education expenses or to cover day to day expenses while you are enrolled in school such as baby sitters or meal and transportation expenses. Registration to this scholarship is done via the web by filling out a quick registration form. No written essay is required.
Free $10,000 For Your Studies
Look, getting a scholarship to get your degree is not as difficult as many people think. Actually, the hardest part is making the decision to start looking, but once you do your initial research you will discover that there are many different alternatives for you, all you have to do is visit your local library or do some research on the internet and before you know it, you’ll receive that coveted scholarship that will allow you to finish your studies and get a degree!
Click Here Now to register for a chance to Win a FREE $10,000 Military Scholarship for Spouses and continue Your education.
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May 3, 2011
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May 12, 2011
~K~ @ 2:00 am:
Federa aid. The word aid means to help or to furnish with help or support. So federal aid does not mean college is paid for free. How the government aides you in getting your education is by using taxpayers money to give those with the most financial need, like you with grants that they do not have to pay back. There is not enough money to give every student low income free grants to cover all of college so the amount is limited you can get, so most people get some help. The government also aids you by offering you federal loans like stafford subsidzed and unsubsidized, which are fixed low interest rates that does not go by credit and the student pays back 6 months after either graduating, falling below half time, or quitting and there are some other terms. There are limits on the stafford loans they can give because there is not enough to offer every student these loans, so they are given by financial need (one of them-subsidized) and the other is given to most students (unsubsidized) but there is a set amount anyone can get. The government also aid you to get an education by offering a federal parent loan (paid back by parent) or grad loan or other federal direct loans (paid by adult who takes them out), that has to be applied for and goes by credit and has a low fixed rate and you can repay like in 10 years. They also aid by offering federal work study, which you can sign up for on the FAFSA. The government works with your college. Your college gives you a part time job that works around your school schedule and the government pays you and you get a check every 2 weeks and you spend that money on personal things you need for college. My daughter got 1000, so when she earns 1000 the job will be over unless the school wants to offer the student to continue and then the school will start paying the salary.
The "award" is the word the colleges use that is the financial aid package you are being offered.
Just because you were awarded these grants and loans does not mean they automatically given them to you. We were given a college email account for a my daughter and an online college account which shows all her financial aid, her grades, things she can do, and so mujch more. So we had to go onto the college account and look where it says financial aid and we had to accept and deny which ones we wanted. You may not need all of them, if you have more aid than you need so you can lower the amounts you accept but cant add more. Also if you go to accept a stafford loan they wont give it to you unless you and I mean the student because stafford loans are in your name, go through entrance counseling which is online education about the loans so you know what you are getting and then you have get MPN also online which is a Master Promissory Note which is a written contract between the lender and yourself, which is saying you understand and accept the terms and that same one is used for 10 years.
Also dont worry. I felt the same way you did about financial aid and it was a struggle going through and learning all this when my daughter applied. I called the financial aid office so often and learned a lot by reading online. So I hope this helps.
May 20, 2011
Shara @ 1:06 am:
Nope, it means you're still in the running. congrats!
June 23, 2011
wytammic @ 8:40 pm:
I'll be praying for you too. I hate dealing with financial aid. It seems like Tieki Rae never really knows her financial aid package until school is about to start. The beginning of her freshman year was exceptionally stressful as the financial aid office expected us to pay $2400 or so before she could start classes. We already had our plane tickets and were ready to take her out to move her into the dorms. It all turned out okay (and we didn't come up with the $2400) and her sophomore year was much smoother. We chuckle because she has friends that never even deal with the financial aid office. Somehow, their parents were smart enough to save $200,000 for their child's college education.
July 8, 2011
Suddenly Human @ 6:54 am:
You have to reapply for financial aid every year… so it "starts over" every time you do that. One year a person may qualify for grants and another year they may not. The same is true for state aid.