College incoming freshman student here needs help financially.?
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College funding has specific guidelines. There is no way to convince them of anything. They have a predetermined guidelines to follow. I suggest to apply for external scholarships and loans. Get a job. Many colleges offer jobs(work Study programs) on the campus that can help with financial assistance. Most students today, have the same struggles that you are experiencing. You will appreciate your education much more, by paying your own way and not expecting others to pay it for you. Work hard, keep your grades up and budget your finances. You can guard your finances by cutting back on unneeded expenses. Buy second hand text books. Amazon.com sells cheap & good quality text books. There are books and web sites that offer external scholarships, grants and loans to apply for. I have a college degree and I earned it the honest way. I was not from a wealthy family, I received no help from others. I have a sense of pride and accomplishment from succeeding on my own. When you live in integrity and honesty and work hard, things always work out. Pray to God and live for God. He will open doors and show you they way to do it honestly. Do not sell yourself short. I saw many students who had their way paid through college and many failed, dropped out or did not take their studies seriously. The most successful students, are those who pay their own way.
get a job. or go somewhere cheaper.
Go to the library & look for books by Mathew Lesko. He is the wacky guy that writes books on how to get government money. He has one that concentrateson women, & others that are specific too.
school counselor
well fastweb.com has SOME scholorships that don't require an essay you just have to search for them, as for your letter just include somethings such as how the money would help you, why your having financial difficulties for example like you said your father had a stroke maybe he can't work and it has put a financial strain on your family, also put that getting a job will only help you a little bit and you need as much as you can possibly get to keep up with tuition. use flattery tell them how much you like the school and how much you would hate to leave just because u cannot afford it. Good luck :)
Well I know this doesn't exactly answer your question, but I don't think a financial aide office can be talked into anything. I think all the convincing you could possibly do still wouldn't change their minds, that is just probably how they operate. It can probably be based only on certain criteria, and they already came to an answer. Be glad it's only $12,000 because a lot of people are a lot more in debt than that from school. Try to get a government based student loan from the US Department of Education, or a student loan from your local bank and just pay for the rest yourself. Or apply for additional scholarships. Especially considering it is this late in the summer with school starting, I don't think any school would change their mind. Best to work quickly and get the money on your own!
My belief is why do not you transfer to a public college and finding a work-study job while going to school. It would be a great help for you. Public colleges are a great place to learn too but they are much cheaper than private colleges. While you are there apply for a work-study program while going to school.
go into the college counselling department. ask someone there to help you. an in person approach would be much simpler than trying to do it online. make sure you put down all of your expenses previous to your father's stroke and how they have changed since the stroke.
good luck with it. and don't give up. also, consider a part time job to offset the expenses. something that will allow you to study while working like a laundromat or as a security guard at a place where you are mostly just sitting. there are lots of jobs out there for sudents. the counseling department can probably help you with this as well.
work studies, and find a scholorship and apply to it.
http://www.daylon.com/scholarship/...
that might help.
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