Getting Money For College
At some point, I will be going to college at the same school my boyfriend goes to. I went in with him yesterday to find out about scholarships and how much money I could get to go. My parents are not helping me pay for college, I get to do it all on my own.
I managed to learn just about nothing more than what I already knew, and the woman that helped me was a bitch. She didn’t want to answer my questions, and when other people started showing up, she REALLY wanted to get me out of there.
On the way home, Josh (my boyfriend) and I were talking, and the entire ordeal just kept making me more and more mad. One of Josh’s brothers is a nothing. He sits on his ass and takes money from the government, his girlfriend does the same. They live in government apartments; they get welfare and every other type of government money you can imagine. They got grants to go to the college he goes to, and they went once or twice then quit. This happens all the time, the government hands low lives money for school just for them to get it back and spend it on whatever they want.
Where as, someone like me, who is trying to get a job, who has to pay for college on her own, can’t get jack shit for help from them. Why is it, the people that actually work and TRY for things, can’t get them, but failures and losers can get all that they want and need by sitting on their asses?
What just makes it all the better—I have to fill out the FAFSA form, I HATE FAFSA. I have to put all of my parent’s tax information in-but absolutely no where do they ask me if I am paying or if they are paying. So they go off my parent’s tax information, and they are going to turn me down for aid.
Other than scholarships I find online, and the job I will hopefully have soon, I am pretty much screwed. And why? Because I am actually something. I am someone that doesn’t sit on my ass and do nothing.
Perhaps I should become lazy and do nothing; I would have a hell of a lot more money than I do now, that is for sure.
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I totally feel the same way you do because I'm pretty much in the same situation you're in. Yes, I don't like to fill out those FAFSA forms because I rather just fill them out myself and not have to get my mother's consent to use her tax information.
It isn't entirely the tax part that ticks me off--it is the fact that even after filling out all of the stupid info, you aren't guranteed anything. The tax thing is the biggest part though...I have to put their info-when they aren't helping.
Well, to be fair, they don't care who is paying, you or your parents. What they're trying to determine is how much help would be available if help is given to you.
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But how is that fair?
How is it fair, that someone like me, trying harder than anything to find a job, paying for college on my own, can't get help, but someone who doesn't work and sits on their ass can get help?
I didn't mean it was fair for someone that is working to not be rewarded for it; I only meant to clarify the reasoning behind using parent's tax information in the application for FAFSA.
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Well yeah, but it all goes hand in hand. How is it fair that I have to use my parents tax info when it will result in how much money I get? How is that fair, to base what I get-off of what they make, when i'm the one paying for it?
Applying for colleges and scholarships and grants are time consuming. I swear it deserves to be a high school class on its own, there is so much out there and it gets frustrating trying to sift between what's available to you and what's not.
Have you checked what other programs the school offers? Or checked into another school to see what they offer as far as grants or scholarships? Depending on what you want to do, you might want to check some of the businesses. I know there are some that help to pay tuition for people who agree to work for them after graduation. Just a thought.
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There is only one school in this area that has the landscape architecture that I want-Ivy Tech. When I went in the other morning the woman pretty much said to me 'we won't tell you the scholarships that the school has until you are enrolled here'
It's like..i'm not going to enroll until I know that I can pay for it. To enroll and not be able to pay is screwing yourself over pretty bad.
LOL, that woman is an idiot. And I'm willing to bet that if you presented that to the school board they would have a field day.
That statement greatly discourages someone from registering or enrolling; something that she is supposed to be *encouraging*; you should check to see if she knows what her job entails. Maybe even apply for her job to get the money to go to school ;)~
Anyway, there are always back-doors. Call someone else in the financial department or check with the school's alumni network. Someone should have an answer for you.
And I can do a search right now to find Ivy Tech school information. If I find available scholarships from them, can I hit her?
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"Dream as though you'll live forever, but live as though there's no tomorrow" --James Dean
http://www.progressiveu.org/user/fanaile-drupal-org
Here you go - slap her with it :)
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Sources of Money
Gift Aid, Loans, and Employment
GIFT AID
Gift aid consists of scholarships, grants, and various types of fee remissions that do not have to be repaid.
Source: Federal Pell Grant
Description: Federal need-based grant
Eligibility: Generally must be enrolled for at least 6 credit hours per semesters
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact:
Source: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Description: Federal need-based grant
Eligibility: Extreme financial need
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact:
Source: Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Description: Federally supported merit-based scholarship
Eligibility: Minimum SAT score of 1300, or a 29 composite score on the ACT, or earn an average score of 620 or higher on the GED; Indiana resident
Application: Robert C. Byrd Application http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/Byrd_f.pdf
Contact: Special Programs Division of the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Frank O'Bannon Grant
Description: State need-based grant
Eligibility: Indiana resident; enrolled in 12 or more credit hours; degree-seeking student
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be received by federal processor by March 10 http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Part-Time Grant
Description: State need-based grant
Eligibility: Indiana resident; enrolled in at least 3 but less than 12 credit hours; degree seeking student
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be received by federal processor by March 10 http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Hoosier Scholar Award
Description: State academic merit award
Eligibility: Recipients are selected by high school guidance counselor staff; Indiana resident; rank in top 20% of high school class
Application:
Contact: State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Nursing Scholarship Fund
Description: State scholarship promoting qualified individuals to pursue a nursing career in Indiana
Eligibility: Indiana resident; agree in writing to work as a nurse in Indiana for two years following graduation; demonstrate financial need
Application: Nursing Scholarship Fund Program Application http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/nur_f.pdf Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Indiana National Guard Supplemental Grant
Description: State grant for elgible members of the Indiana Air and Army National Guard
Eligibility: Certified by the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana and the Indiana National Guard
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.2350
Source: Child of Veteran and Public Saftey Officer Supplemental Grant Program
Description: State non-need-based fee remission
Eligibility: Certain graduates of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home; children of Purple Heart recipient or wounded veteran; children of deceased or disabled veteran; children of POW/MIA from Vietnam War; child or spouse of a police officer, firefighter or EMT killed in the line of duty; child or spouse of an Indiana state police trooper permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty
Application: Application for CVO Fee Remission Program http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/CVOApplication6.pdf Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs, 302 West Washington Street, Room E-120, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.232.3910, http://www.in.gov/veteran/
Source: Twenty-First Century Scholars
Description: State need-based grant
Eligibility: Sign and mail your Twenty-First Century Scholar's pledge affirmation on time; Indiana resident; enrolled full time
Application: Student may request an application from their high school, Twenty-first Century Scholars Regional Support Programs, or the Learn More Resource Center Hotline(1-800-992-2076). Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be received by federal processor by March 10 http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Office of Twenty-first Century Scholars, State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.233.2100
Source: Twenty First Century Gear Up Summer Scholarship
Description: State need-based summer grant
Eligibility: Affirmed Scholar; enrolled full time in the following fall term
Application: Twenty-First Century Scholars GEAR UP Summer Scholarship Application http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/GearUpApplication.pdf
Contact: Office of Twenty-first Century Scholars, State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, 150 West Market Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317.233.2100
Source: Ivy Tech Scholarship
Description: College-funded non-need-based fee remission
Eligibility: Campus-specific; contact the financial aid office at the campus you plan to attend
Application:
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
Source: Ivy Tech Grant
Description: College-funded, need-based fee remission
Eligibility: Campus-specific; contact the financial aid office at the campus you plan to attend
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
Source: Ivy Tech Foundation Scholarship
Description: Foundation-funded scholarships
Eligibility: Campus-specific; contact the financial aid office at the campus you plan to attend
Application:
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
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LOANS
Loans are awards that must be repaid.
Source: Federal Stafford Loan Program (subsidized and unsubsidized)
Description: Variable interest rate; subsidized interest paid by federal government while in school; unsubsidized interest repayment begins upon disbursement
Eligibility: Enrolled at least half time
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
Source: Federal Parental Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
Description: Variable interest rate
Eligibility: Parent of dependent student enrolled at least half time; based on credit rating
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
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EMPLOYMENT
For all types of employment, you will work a specific number of hours per week and be paid bi-weekly. Ideally your employment will be in an area related to your course of study.
Source: Federal Work Study
Description: Federal need-based employment
Eligibility: Enrolled at least half time
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
Source: Summer State Work Study
Description: State need-based employment
Eligibility: Full time student the previous year; Indiana resident receiving state aid
Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact: Ivy Tech Community College Financial Aid Office
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"Dream as though you'll live forever, but live as though there's no tomorrow" --James Dean
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ohhh wow :D thanks! lol
She gave me one paper, told me it wouldn't do me any good until i'm enrolled, but I could still look at it. It has MAYBE half of those listed that you just put there..woo! Thanks!