Help with aid!!

Paying for College
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<p>Well, it’s not as if the ED acceptance rate is that high…nor is there a huge difference between ED and RD rates at GWU, according to the stats published on College Board. I’ve read a few ED studies which all come to basically the same conclusion on ED - one of the primary reasons that ED acceptances appear higher is that ED applicants to a particular school tend to be high performing and match the acceptance standards anyway. Many students who apply ED are simply from high income families where financial aid is not a consideration and have likely had excellent preparation for college all around. </p>

<p>If you are solidly within their range of accepted students, have all the required/recommended coursework, and present an overall good application package, I’m not sure that ED is actually any benefit to you. I do know that, even if you’re accepted ED, it’s just a piece of paper if you don’t have the funding to attend! And you absolutely must add a financial safety or two to your list or you risk not having any school, other than a CC, to attend next year!</p>

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<p>ASU is my financial safety because it’s in instate school. But I’ve also heard that ED shows that you are really interested in their school, what can I do to show that to them if I do not apply ED?</p>

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<p>Don’t apply ED. It will very much limit your choices.</p>

<p>The timing between finding out whether you have adequate funding and having to make a decision may not work out. </p>

<p>There are really only 2 groups of people who should apply ED</p>

<p>1) those who can pay either full freight </p>

<p>2) those who have EFC 0 and are applying to schools that meet 100% need with little or no loans.</p>

<p>Keep your options open.</p>

<p>What is ASU’s COA for an instate student? About $20k per year? will your parents pay that? If not, how will that get covered?</p>

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<p>Well I will automatically get loans because I have a deceased father, but I just do not know how much. And I’m not too sure about ASU I just know it’s the cheapest public college in Arizona.</p>

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The thing about loans is that you have to pay them back. That can be crippling for a young person.</p>

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<p>Well I will automatically get loans because I have a deceased father, but I just do not know how much. And I’m not too sure about ASU I just know it’s the cheapest public college in Arizona.</p>

<p>Huh??? What program automatically gives loans because of a deceased father?</p>

<p>Does your mom have a good income? If not, then you may qualify for federal and state aid.</p>

<p>And…sizable loans are not a good idea …they are difficult to pay back.</p>

<p>What is your likely career?</p>

<p>Just because a school is the cheapest in the state does NOT mean that it’s affordable or that it’s a financial safety school. </p>

<p>The COA for AzSt for a resident is $22k per year.</p>

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<p>^I meant aid not loans and my mom remarried but he did not adopt me because I’m the last person on my dad’s side of the family left (his sister can’t have kids and his father was an only child, so on).</p>

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<p>It doesn’t matter that your step-dad didn’t adopt you. </p>

<p>Your step-dad’s income will still get included into FAFSA, so you may not qualify for aid. (even if he won’t help with your college costs, his income counts)</p>

<p>Does your step-dad have a good income?</p>

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<p>They make 70,000$ combined</p>

<p>Both of my fathers, grandpas, 2 uncles, and my aunt were in the military. My father was in the war, my mom is a research cordinator now if any of that helps too?</p>

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<p>If your Dad was a Veteran you may be able to apply to a number of scholarships. I found this site to get you started</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.lssu.edu/registrar/pdf/veteran_scholarships.pdf[/url]”>http://www.lssu.edu/registrar/pdf/veteran_scholarships.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are a number of scholarships for children of veterans so I would do a google search if you think you qualify. Good luck with your college search. Now is the time to figure out a list that includes schools you can afford so I highly recommend (as others have above) that you speak with your parents to see what they can realistically contribute! It is very smart of you to be considering this now!</p>

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<p>Thank you! My mom actually went to the VA to try to get my deceased dad’s GI Bill but I guess they passed a new law in '08 that the dad has to give his child the GI Bill? He died by the chemicals from the Gulf War and had the Gulf War Syndrom/PTSD and committed suicide. Would I still be able to get scholarships since he committed suicide?</p>

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<p>You need to contact the VA about this.</p>

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<p>If I get into the internship that I want (pays 18,000$ a year for college) would that help a lot?</p>

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<p>Which internship? And where is it? Can you work it while attending any school?</p>

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<p>It’s a government one and it is over the summer every year at DC.</p>

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<p>What gov’t internship pays a kid $18k for 3 months of work? </p>

<p>That doesn’t sound right. Which one is this?</p>

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<p>I hear Governor Eliot Spitzer in New York had an internship that paid quite a lot for only an hour or so per work a month. </p>

<p>Well, it might not have been an ‘internship’ per se, but…</p>

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<p>I wonder if this is the SMART scholarship? [SMART</a> - Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation - Part of the National Defense Education Program](<a href=“http://smart.asee.org/]SMART”>http://smart.asee.org/) At the least it has to be something similar - major scholarship $ for an agreement to work for the gov’t after school.</p>

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<p>Yeah, the internship I’m looking at has an agreement for you to work 1.5 years after High School. I cannot actually say what internship it is, but yeah. It is something I have been looking into since my freshman year of High School.</p>

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<p>Look closely at that. Do you work after high school or after college? And do you apply and only a few are approved? When are you notified whether you are awarded the internship.</p>

<p>Do you have to major in any particular majors?</p>