<p>Is this true?</p>
<p>How much more do you want?</p>
<p>■■■■■, seriously</p>
<p>^I don’t even get any for community college, so it doesn’t matter. But what about students that stay at a CC for 4 years and then transfer to a uni? What about graduate school?</p>
<p>Some people work and have families or other circumstances that keep them from getting it done within a time frame.</p>
<p>Last I heard, it was actually based on Units taken/attempted. At a CC they will do 75 units completed/95 attempted before they shut you off. At a 4-year the rules change again.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but that is the last I heard.</p>
<p>deferment.</p>
<p>and i mean get into a field with a lucrative pay, you can pay off your loans, or get into a field where you’re employer reimburses you either half or all of your tuition.</p>
<p>If you stay at CC for 4 years collecting financial aid the entire time, you don’t deserve any more. Also, who says the government is responsible for paying for you to go to grad school? Get your Bachelors, get a job and pay for it yourself! Most PHD programs pay you a living stipend anyway.</p>
<p>most PHD programs pay you a living stipend anyway.</p>
<p>explain please</p>
<p>Some fields you can’t get into without graduate school, and a lot of bachelors don’t get you a job right out of school. Plus, the job market isn’t exactly thriving. I don’t see what is wrong with getting financial aid for graduate school.</p>
<p>I thought as a transfer you had 2 years of financial aid? Also, if you’re at a CC for more than 4 years, you should rethink your priorities.</p>
<p>Check this thread out.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/32630-graduate-school-living-stipends.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/32630-graduate-school-living-stipends.html</a></p>
<p>I think that is only specific to certain schools. I have a friend in the PhD program at Claremont Graduate and he has to pay every penny of his program.</p>
<p>I also don’t think there is anything wrong with doing extra work to get stipends. If I were a grad student I would take the money and work for it as a TA or otherwise. I also don’t have a problem with grad students getting financial aid. What is wrong with that? It’s not like CC where you register and get a check in the mail.</p>
<p>some jobs will even pay for your graduate degree. my uncle’s company paid for his MBA to haas</p>
<p>Graduate funding availability depends on your field of study, and the schools you apply to. In Mechanical Engineering, funding is usually not too hard to get. Most schools prioritize Ph.D. students higher than Masters students for funding, but if you are a good negotiator, you can still get funding as a Masters student. You have to convince the school that you’re worth it, though.</p>
<p>Wow with all the hate for people who took 4 years to transfer, yeesh. So people aren’t allowed less than perfection? Typical. You sound really greedy USMC, it’s really not a good look dude.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think you can call somebody who served in the Marine Corps greedy. Some people believe in working for a living.</p>
<p>greed is a good thing, only way my parents could’ve paid the tuition (full pay) to put 3 kids through college.</p>
<p>@hesdjjim – “you don’t deserve any more” sounds pretty cold to me. I’m really glad financial aid is unit based and not year based, or those people who work for a living might not be able to finish college. Same with those people who deal with extreme emotional stress and bomb a year while trying to deal with it. I guess they just don’t deserve college though, right? Cause it took them 4 years to transfer? Eh.</p>
<p>Saying someone does not deserve financial aid because they took 4 years to transfer is really closed minded. Its basically saying, “your life wasn’t all happy dandy so you fall at the bottom of the hierarchy too bad for you.” Sure there are lazy people out there, but you have to remember not everyone grew up in an environment where everything was laid out in front of them. Some of us were literally just thrown into the world without the ‘proper’ guidance from parents, mentors, etc.</p>
<p>First off, my life has been anything but “dandy”. I grew up in East LA poor as hell and made my own path in life. If your crying about only getting 5 years of financial aid (5 years of full time fin aid) it’s YOU that’s greedy. I dont think the tax payer should pay for you to change your major 500 times and take your sweet a** time finishing IGETC. That’s greedy. I worked full time, took care of my kids, dealt with multiple disabilities caused by wounds received in combat, and I still managed to transfer in a year and a half. I believe in exceptions based on extremely special circumstances but not for every jackhole who can’t get their crap together. Imagine if fin aid was unlimited with no questions asked. Let’s be realistic, there has to be a limit on how much aid you can get.</p>