<p>Gosh, love that movie. But anyway, I get no financial aid from Wellesley and I do not know how am I going to pay. I would be considering other schools but I applied ED so I am kind of stuck. I know there is work study programs, but how much do you actually get from that? </p>
<p>P.S. My friend is trying to decide between Georgetown, UCLA, Berkeley and Vanderbilt. Any suggestions? Answer my question first. Thanks. Deuces.</p>
<p>The ED decision is not binding if the school is unaffordable. If you can’t pay the bills, they won’t really want you there for long!</p>
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<li><p>You should make a new thread with your friend’s question or have her join CC to ask her own question</p></li>
<li><p>Have you tried talking to the financial aid office about your situation?</p></li>
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<p>I’m a little confused. When did they let you know about your financial aid award?</p>
<p>They let me know a while ago. I am not so poor that I can’t pay for college hence the 0 financial aid. It is just costing my family a lot and it is an unfortunate situation that a school with a billion dollar endowment cant give me any money. Also, my sister is graduating this year so my parents will be paying for a solid 8 years of private school tuition with no aid or scholarships. SOLID. P.S. my friend does not have internet at her house so she was slightly offended by that. @seniorsjd. #shacklyfe</p>
<p>Well as you said, your family isn’t so poor that you can’t pay for college; it’s just a lot of money. Frankly, many many people around the world are in the same situation. If the college doesn’t give you FA, you can still take out private loans, get scholarships if you qualify, etc. There are ways to make it work. I assume your sibling isn’t attending Wellesley, so that would mean your family’s financial situation was evaluated by two institutions and neither gave you $$. That’s not a negative against Wellesley FA alone.</p>
<p>Well, you can still make a separate thread since those are two completely different questions. Also there’s likely internet at your school or the public library. You don’t need internet access at home to access CC.</p>
<p>wnetsLJ, regarding your question about Work Study: students who have Work Study in their Financial Aid award (as a way to meet college costs due to financial need) will have priority for on-campus jobs over other students, especially for the first few weeks. You may want to try looking for an off-campus job. Several families in the area hire Wellesley students for baby sitting and other odd-jobs. My D has worked both on campus and also off campus in retail while a student at Wellesley.</p>
<p>Finding jobs on campus without work study isn’t difficult but you will have to look a bit harder. I believe certain jobs (libraries, admissions) are more or less only for work study. Others (food service, gym, mail services, some academic departments, labs) are open to everyone … At least as of a few years ago.</p>
<p>That being said, babysitting in Wellesley makes $$, especially if you have a car.</p>
<p>*Labs in the above post references science labs – either for helping out with daily operations or for more structured research with a professor</p>
<p>You can plead hardship and they may not hold you to ED.Worth a try.It is somewhat hard to believe that you applied to a college ED without really understanding the ramifications.</p>
<p>Why are you asking this question over four months after ED notification?</p>
<p>Sorry everyone! That was my friend on this account (shared computer in a classroom) trying to solve my problems with inaccurate information. Apologies. I would delete this but I do not know how. Thanks everyone!</p>