<p>I am hoping to be accepted to Chapman. My mother is divorced and paying child support by herself and she makes about 23,000 a year. We are also living with my grandparents. Will I have enough money to pay for Chapman without getting too ridiculous amount of loans?</p>
<p>My father I know is also unemployed. I am also a first year college student.</p>
<p>There’s not enough information here to make any sort of educated guess - it depends on Chapman’s cost of attendance and financial aid policy. Your test scores/GPA also factor in.</p>
<p>Also, have you considered any other schools, particularly public universities? Without significant need/merit aid, tuition at a private institution such as Chapman is invariably much higher.</p>
<p>Under no circumstances should you take out much more than $30,000 or so in loans for your undergraduate degree, and preferably less than that.</p>
<p>nicole, you should also post this question on the Chapman board - look under the Colleges forum.</p>
<p>At one point, someone posted that Chapman is the only school that is FAFSA only that meets full need. They do package loans into their financial aid awards. It’s a great school…good luck and I hope it all works out for your.</p>
<p>As noted above, you still want to have some less expensive options on your application list…just in case the finances do not work out at Chapman.</p>
<p>Will you be a transfer student to Chapman?</p>
<p>Although Chapman meets need, I’m not sure if Chapman meets need for transfer students.</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>If you’re a Calif resident, you’ll likely qualify for Pell and Cal Grants. If Chapman is generous to transfer students, then I’m guessing that they’ll give you a grant, work-study, and a fed student loan. </p>
<p>Since it sounds like you’re a transfer student, I don’t know if schools “run out” of work study awards by the time they do the FA packages for transfer students. </p>
<p>If you’re a Calif resident, are you also applying to Cal States and UCs?</p>
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<p>Pretty sure she means she WILL be a freshman, not that she is in college this year.</p>