<p>-Parents make too much
-Not helping at all
-Government obviously isn't going to help (which I think is unfair, but whatever)</p>
<p>My question is, I slacked in high school, I'm very intelligent, should have got at least a 3.8+ in HS if not more EASILY, but I slacked, and probably should of got 1900+ on SAT but only got a 1700.</p>
<p>Anyways, my question is, if I do really good my first year of school, and somehow get into one of the bigger business schools, will I be able to get any big scholarships to at least take a chunk out of tuition or am I SOL?</p>
<p>If I understand your question, you are asking if you could get a scholarship after freshman year if you do well that first year. Unfortunately most merit scholarships are given to incoming freshmen with high stats, as an incentive to get them to attend. </p>
<p>It is possible to pay your way through school, although you may not like the alternatives. You could attend a community college while working. They are often inexpensive, and if you do well you may be able to transfer to your state university for the last two years. Everyone who files a FAFSA is eligible to take out federal student loans ($5500 the first year).</p>
<p>*Anyways, my question is, if I do really good my first year of school, and somehow get into one of the bigger business schools, will I be able to get any big scholarships to at least take a chunk out of tuition or am I SOL?
*</p>
<p>It is almost impossible to get a big scholarship as a transfer student. …especially one big enough since your parents aren’t paying. </p>
<p>Large scholarships are mostly for incoming freshmen…because schools want the best incoming frosh class because that helps them with ranking. That’s why transfer students don’t usually get big scholarships (at least what you’d need.)</p>
<p>Have your parents said why they aren’t helping with college?</p>
<p>Anyway…practice and retest…and take both the ACT and SAT …starting in Sept.</p>
<p>What is your GPA?</p>
<p>You need to study and retest and hope to score high enough for a big scholarship at a mid-tier or lower tier.</p>
<p>I start school in August, retesting in September probably won’t do much for me.</p>
<p>And to the poster above ^^^ you’re taking my words out of context</p>
<p>I slacked by MY standards, I still had a B/A- gpa/average.</p>
<p>It’s dumb that someone that is “poor” but has necessities as house and food, but is lazy and does the same as I did in HS gets “half their schooling paid for” like a guy I know. WITH lower test scores</p>
<p>And my parents make more than the limit, but with the mortgage and new car, etc, they said they can’t help.</p>
<p>Edit: And I know I probably won’t get any “full paid scholarships” or anything like that. But if I do good my first year, etc, could I get enough smaller scholarships to even get say 1/4-1/2 of my tuition yearly paid. Could it all add up?</p>
<p>There is a school of thought that one doesn’t buy new cars or make other large purchases just before or during a child’s college years. That’s what my husband and I are doing.</p>
<p>There are very few scholarships for non-freshmen. Merit scholarships are usually giving to incoming freshmen to improve the college’s stats for the rankings. </p>
<p>I just can’t pay it fully. with the 25-30 hours that I can for sure work, I can put a chunk in my first and second year. But my problem is if I transfer to a bigger business school like I’d like to</p>
<p>IU
Chicago, etc</p>
<p>I know after freshman year there’s no “big time merit scholarships” but isn’t there always a bunch of little ones?</p>
<p>Meh, mom works 60 hours a week, makes good money, never had a new car, it’s their money. I’m only promised housing, food, and clothing as their child. I’m not guaranteed education haha.</p>
<p>It’s unlikely you’ll get enough with smaller scholarships for it to add up to anything significant. Do you want to pursue an MBA eventually? Work hard now, get great grades, take on internships to get experience, and otherwise do what’s needed to position yourself for a great job after undergrad and then a top MBA program. If you’re as bright as you say you are, things will work out. </p>
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<p>Which is their choice. Surely you’ll agree as a future businessperson that government funds are limited, and that tax dollars should be spent carefully to get the biggest bang for the buck. As a taxpayer, I see a lot of good in helping students from poor backgrounds get a college education. I don’t see the same good from helping to finance college expenses for a family that has enough funds to help pay for college, but which chooses other spending priorities.</p>
<p>I do agree, but it’s basically an even playing field. You’d agree parents don’t have to give education, it might seem like they should morally but they don’t have to. If he is making the same grades, LOWER test scores, and unlike me he CHOOSES not to work, then it’s not fair that I’m working my butt off to come up with what money I can. You know what I mean?</p>
<p>And even if I get a top tier MBA, if I stay at this school, there is no internships around here and it’d basically be a waste of time. I plan on transferring to a top tier school if accepted either next year or year 3. I guess I’ll have to find some way to pay for the 40 grand OOS costs.</p>
<p>Edit: As a taxpayer wouldn’t you agree that</p>
<p>Person 1- Business major, finance/accounting. Parents make too much, can’t help. Very bright future if he can pay for college, and will have alot to offer to society.</p>
<p>Person 2- Has a house and food AND a nicer car than I, although he claims to be poor, won’t work because he admits “he’s lazy”. Has lower test scores and grades, going to school for “physical therapy”.</p>
<p>Does it really matter, person 1 seems to be offering alot more, and they both seem to need the money the same amount.</p>
<p>I think you’re wrong not to try to retest in the fall. Get some Test Prep books NOW…either order online or get from the library…and retest this fall.</p>
<p>It doesn’t take long to bring up test grades with practice.</p>
<p>You have time…IF YOU WANT TO.</p>
<p>You seem to want the easy way…people just giving you scholarship money…it ain’t gonna happen. </p>
<p>either decide to go to a CC or get your hiney in gear and practice for future tests. :)</p>
<p>I did not say that I offered more because of my major, I’m not cocky like that, nor a “d-bag” like that, I was just stating, work ethic/etc, I definitely think I deserve it more.</p>
<p>and NO, I don’t think I should be handed scholarship money, I’m just saying if I start school in the august, will testing in SEPTEMBER really help as far as scholarship money?</p>
<p>and how am I going to pay for transfering to 40 grand/year schools? To get where I want to get I’m going to need to get a good internship and good connections, but how am I going to afford that 40 grand/year?</p>
<p>*and how am I going to pay for transferring to 40 grand/year schools? To get where I want to get I’m going to need to get a good internship and good connections, but how am I going to afford that 40 grand/year? *</p>
<p>You can’t afford the 40k a year. You will not be able to take out 40k a year in loans. Even with a cosigner, you probably would be cut off at some point long before you reached a cumulative 80 - 120K+ in loans by the banks themselves. And no student should seriously contemplate taking 80k - 120k in loans even if they found a cosigner. And doubly so if this same student wants to go to grad school.</p>
<p>Students don’t go to colleges that cost 40K+ unless they have receive substantial scholarships or have parents who pay cost. You have placed yourself out of the running for freshman year scholarships because your grades are not sufficient and you have placed yourself out of the running for money help from your parents for the same reason. Though reading between the lines, it doesn’t sound like they really had much of an intention to ever pay for college for you regardless of grades because they seem to have no savings set aside expressly for you and have been making large purchases even though you were about to launch to college… your average grades was probably just a good excuse. That being said, it your parents’ choice and you get to make do with what you have been handed or not in that arena. Under zero circumstances are they legally obligated and it is my opinion they are not morally obligated, either. The fuzzy zone for me would have been that it would be better were your parents more straight with you early on so you knew the benchmark (if there indeed ever was one) you needed to reach and/or were told in 9th or 10th grade that you needed to make college work on your own funds so you could plan and act accordingly.</p>
<p>Either way, you have your wakeup call now. You can’t afford a 40k+ college, it is highly unlikely there will be enough in scholarships to cover the difference, and you need to figure out what colleges you CAN afford and how you will work your way through college. Try to stay under 30K MAX total for your undergrad loans (and that is a bit high) .</p>
<p>As others have stated, it is unlikely that your college will give you merit money once you are enrolled. Most of the scholarships, particularly the larger ones are used for recruitment purposes for freshman year.</p>
<p>However, there are sometimes some upper class awards. My son has gotten some departmental awards for excellence, but they are not substantial. Like under $1000. Some departments may want to encourage students to continue in a discipline. All of these things are individual so you have to check it out department by department. Also, it is possible that there are merit awards for excellence for upper classmen. I am not going to rule it out. Again, that is something that is very dependent on your individual school, and you have to ask.</p>
If you really think you deserve more scholarship $ then you’ll have to prove it. Go to CC, do really well, show that you can live up to what you believe your potential is.</p>
<p>Go to the Transfer Students forum, there’s a Resources sticky thread with a listing of merit aid for transfers, it will give you a realistic understanding of what is available:</p>
<p>IMO, you are going to have difficulty even being ADMITTED to a ‘bigger’ business school after just a year of college, no less getting substantial merit aid. When you apply for a soph transfer, you will only have completed 1 sem of college, and the decision will be based heavily on your HS record (gpa & course rigor) and test scores.</p>
<p>I agree w/Erin’s Dad, it’s time to go to a CC and show what you can do.</p>
<p>What about if I go 2 years then transfer? It’s a good school I’m going to already (although not well known) but I can afford it, and I can gain more merits and EC’s</p>