<p>I unfortunately didn't end my freshman year the way I wanted to: I got a 2.31 cumulative GPA, & lost a merit scholarship that required me to have a 3.0 GPA. It was that & an unsubsidised loan that kept me in school.</p>
<p>What gets me is that I've no job (in fact, NEVER had a job) & desperately looking, & my mum's income is my only source of income, but here's the thing: I've been going to school in GA, and my family has only just moved to TX back in Dec. 2012.</p>
<p>On top of that, my dad isn't really contributing anything financially, & I only know part of the reason why is because he's sick with prostate cancer & getting radiation treatment now (though it's only in its early stages).</p>
<p>Now I'm at a real crossroads because my mum lives paycheck by paycheck while raising my younger brother who's gonna be off to college pretty soon (he's gonna be a senior in high school).</p>
<p>Any advice? Please & thank you! I really don't know what to do. :'(</p>
<p>It may not ne what you want to hear, but you have to look into transferring. </p>
<p>It will most likely have to be locally in texas where you could commute and live at home. </p>
<p>It may have to be the community college, if you live 2 far from the 4 year school. You need to investigate the possibility of getting in-state tuition. </p>
<p>Investigate if you are eligible texas state aid based on your mom’s income. Since you probably have already filed the FAFSA, you already have an idea as to whether or not you are Pell eligible.</p>
<p>You need to investigate the possibility of deferring a term if you cannot get in school in the fall or if you have to wait until the 1 year mark for your mom to be a texas resident.</p>
<p>That’s exactly what it is though! My mum definitely has not reached the year mark because she only just moved to TX back in December.</p>
<p>Plus, @sybbie719, you’re right. The only reason why I even stayed in GA was because I was too stubborn to go anywhere else. Now that I’ve shown lack of responsibility on my part thanks to my low grades, now I have no choice but to move permanently. Which, yes, that means I have to transfer.</p>
<p>But half the time, my mum’s so broke, I don’t think she can even help me pay for community college.</p>
<p>Should I just drop out at this point & just forget about college for a while? Just stick with getting a job that’ll help support myself at least a little bit?</p>
<p>By the way, I’m still eligible for in-state tuition for the university back in GA b/c we’ve lived in GA for over 6 years before my mum & bro moved. And we’re no where close to being considered for in-state tuition.</p>
<p>So I guess I gotta wait a year until I’m considered for in-state then?</p>
<p>Now that your mom has left the state, you may no longer be eligible for in-state. Even if you stayed in GA, where are you going to live as you won’t hav enough $$ to live in the dorms.</p>
<p>File your FAFSA, perhaps you may be eligible for federal aid; Pell. You will most likely be eligible for federal loans. Find out the requirements for texas state aid. Depending on your mom’s finances, you may be eligible for pell . That along with state aid and loans (and perhaps a job) may get you through school</p>
<p>Texas residency requirement (you may be able to go in-state in texas). You have to contact the schools for a definitive answer</p>
<p><a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/residency/faq#P35_2823[/url]”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/residency/faq#P35_2823</a></p>
<p>I’ve already filed a FAFSA. But will I have to file a new one?</p>
<p>Forgot to mention I was going to start a summer semester as a transient student before all this happened. Should I call that off then?</p>
<p>Since you have already filed the FAFSA, look at your SAR to see what your EFC is. That will determine if you are eligible for Pell.</p>
<p>Did you ask your current school for an appeal of your scholarship.? Unless the summer school grades can help you get your scholarship back, I would not take away from my
fall/spring $$ to attend summer school.</p>
<p>I haven’t. I do know, however, that the deadline for reapplying for that scholarship is 17 July for the summer semester, & 17 November for the fall.</p>
<p>You’re mother has relocated to a whole new state. That means a whole lot of new opportunities for you to explore, including college options in your area. I would spend the time this summer, finding and working a job, exhausting your appeal options for your lost scholarship and seeing if it can be resurrected for next year, and checking out your new area. Look for colleges where you can commute and work part time. Check out residence requirements and how they are enforced. Some CCs don;t care about being there a year.</p>
<p>Close friends of our family, have a son who bombed out of an ivy due to very low grades, transferred to a UT satellite, commuting, and graduated from there. Now doing very well for a lot less money spent on college. Had his one year away, and then it was down to business at the local college. Became a CPA and is earning a very nice salary Look for such programs in local schools that will lead to a good paying job after college. Your prospects are better than his, as he was pure liberal arts and a low 1. somenthing average after his freshman year and not even sophomore standing I believe he had to go as a nonmatriculating student at first, and part time to boot. But it was not the end of his world, but a good fresh start. </p>
<p>Ironically, his sister who did finish up at a highly selective school, with lots of loans and a liberal arts major is the one who is still not gainfully employed and stuck with loans that seem to be growing.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse Thanks for your input! I have been looking into CCs here in TX, and there are some great options here. I was originally gonna do a summer semester in UTD, but now I’ve decided to defer the enrollment. It’s more money than it’s worth. Plus, turns out, I didn’t completely lose my scholarship, just for the summer semester. As for the next school, turns out it was still awarded to me, and then some. Go figure!</p>
<p>In the meantime, I’ve been applying non-stop online & doing walk-ins. Might as well start doing what I can to pay offs my loans.</p>
<p>Teabag, sometimes events are truly setbacks and even catastrophes. And those are the heartbreaks when one has to pick up the pieces and try to work it out. In your case, you got a whole new set of options and opportunities, and that is how you have to look at it. Your cup is overbrimming. Congratulations.</p>