I want free money!

[Jordan325iC]

Seriously. Any of you get scholarship money? Being a white kid in a moderate income family with a mediocre 3.6 GPA and virtually no documented extracirricular activities since freshman year... I'm getting kind of depressed about my chances of getting any money at all and my parents are on my back constantly. Anybody actually succeed at getting financial help? What for? Where to look?

[hamann318is]

Apply to as many scholarships as you can. I got a crazy good amount of money for going to school.

[chuckybob]

Fafsa.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

Seriously. Any of you get scholarship money? Being a white kid in a moderate income family with a mediocre 3.6 GPA and virtually no documented extracirricular activities since freshman year... I'm getting kind of depressed about my chances of getting any money at all and my parents are on my back constantly. Anybody actually succeed at getting financial help? What for? Where to look?

A friend of mine actually GETS money for going to school.

It's supposed to be book money but there's another scholarship for that so she just spends the rest of the money on her car.

- She lives in a lower income area (not poor, but just lower than my area, at least)
- She has four sisters
- Her parents have jobs that don't show much to the IRS. (So it seems like it's a very low income family)
- And she is employed (full-time at a starbucks)

She did poorly in high school (2.5gpa)

[hamann318is]

Fafsa.

I think he's looking more for free money, not loans.

[Jarvis]

Being a white kid in a moderate income family with a mediocre 3.6 GPA

That seems to just be the way it works. You would honestly be better off if your parents were dirt poor. Your attendance doesn't help fill the important quotas for any school.

3.6 is pretty good. What were your SAT scores? Where are you applying to? It may come down to picking a school based on cost.

I used to go to a $35K school that gave me $5K just because of the town I was from (lots of alumni in my area apparently). Seriously just apply for any and every scholarship that you can. There's lots of money just sitting around waiting to be spent on other peoples' college education. Depending on where you're going and your field of study, personal letters explaining your situation to scholarship-giving companies or committees can go a long way.

[erik325i]

I think he's looking more for free money, not loans.

The FAFSA is not just for student loans. It will also give you free money for school if you are not wealthy. Fill it out. It is free, so the only thing you have to lose is your time.

-Erik

[2002maniac]

:( I make too much money to qualify for grants and scholarships.

[asubimmer]

:( I make too much money to qualify for grants and scholarships.

I wish I did...I need another job to keep up w/ school and a car

[NC325iC]

... my school now costs about the same as my highschool, even with room and board, tuition is about 2k here

[Jordan325iC]

I got top 2% on my SAT. My family makes around $80k a year. I don't know, it seems like money is out there, but I just don't have time to write essays all the time with my job and school... ah whatever.

[Ryan Stewart]

You have to consider it a part-time job in itself. You can break even but you are going to have to spend 40 hours preparing all the shit for scholarships and grants. On the essays often you might be the one of few who filed and filed properly. "By default" becomes your friend. My bro got a "Women in Engineering" scholarship because he applied, there werent enough qualified applicants, and its illegal for them to discriminate against him for having a penis.

[King Luis]

http://www.universityofnigeria.com/check.htm

there...10million dollar check.
just fill in the date and your name.

[JPL]

for fafsa i think if your parents make over 60k(give or take) you dont qualify and there are no caucasian heritage grants so maybe rely on parents and that 3.6.

[rwh11385]

I get paid $800 a semester to go to Purdue. Just was golden enough slacking in HS to impress them by the numbers to award me some dough. I just pay rent, books, and booze, minus the part they deposit in my checking account.

For the most part, if FASFA thinks your family can pay for your college, they won't do shit for you besides let you take out loans. WOOOHOOO for you. A lot of scholarships require financial need. Thank god both me and my sister going to college at the same time fulfills that for her merit scholarship.


bottom line: either part time job it or loan it. fuck it, education is a great investment, just get a practical useful education, not some liberal art bullshit that just was an excuse to drink for 4, 5, 6 years and drain your parents and rack up a huge debt....

where are you going to school?

try fastweb.com, scholarships.com,