College Expenses

Paying for College
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<p>I have found my family in a situation I would greatly appreciate help with. We have a Florida pre-paid college program (tution and fees - no board). We applied for and got into a private college in Florida and a public one in Alabama (where we now live) My son's first choice was the one in Florida and we were excited when he got in. The problem is that we did not (to my own fault) know that the FL-Prepaid only paid the public tuition amount and not private and we are no where close to affording it. The have offered him a small tuition break (eventhough he takes rigorous classes (IB & AP) and has a 3.87 GPA, 4th in his class graduating this year. We have asked for more help, but it still comes to around $23K short each year - this also includes the reduction of FL-Prepaid. Only I can work and we cannot afford a $23K loan each year. We feel that we are left with two options</p>

<p>1) Apply to some more colleges - Who can PLEASE tell me what collegs are still accepting applications?
2) Find some grant/scholarship money ( we did not apply as we thought we were covered) We are afraid our (my) lack of preparedness has officially hindered his college career. Any advice on one of the above is greatly appreciated</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Try here for late and rolling admit schools: [Late</a> & Rolling Deadline Schools](<a href=“http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/LateDeadlineSchools.asp]Late”>http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/LateDeadlineSchools.asp)</p>

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<p>Which Alabama school did he apply to?</p>

<p>He may need to apply to more Alabama schools since schools outside of the state will likely give you the same problem you’re now facing. At least the Alabama schools will charge him in-state rates and his pre-paid plan will pay for much of the tuition.</p>

<p>An exception might be Miss St. They might still award him a scholarship at this late stage.</p>

<p>What are your child’s stats and where all did he apply?</p>