<p>I'm 14 years old and applying to Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Concord, and Governor's this Fall. However, I'm in a huge financial dilemma. My dad is currently unemployed and divorced from my mom (who pays minimum child support). I was curious as to are there ANY ways at all, that someone of my age (14), intelligence (top 5% in my high school), and extracurricular experience (synagogue, baseball, debate, Boy Scouts, FCCLA) can earn any cash to pay off the following:</p>
<p>-Plane Tickets (Fort Lauderdale - Boston)
-Hotel in Boston Area (Going in January for tours and interviews)
-SSAT Tutor
-SSAT Tests
-Application Fees
-Textbooks
-Additional Expenses </p>
<p>Any ideas, suggestions, or comments would be extremely appreciated. Please help.</p>
<p>I believe you can request a waiver of the SSAT Test fee and also the application fee at many, if not all, schools. At least in some cases and for some schools, financial aid will cover textbook costs too.</p>
<p>If you get accepted and plan to attend a private school in the same state as your address, you can get all your text books free when ordered by your local PS. It<code>s part of your school taxes. However, you must return the books at the end of the yr. It</code>s easy to do. Just have your new school send their book list to your PS. Make sure you do this as soon as you’re committed to your new school in order to have your books by Sept.</p>
<p>Does your public school have to agree to order the books, i.e. is this up to them? If they say no, is it an entitlement and they can be overruled? I’m sure if you ask nicely, the school might have trouble turning you down, (i.e. can catch more flies with honey etc.), but can the school say no to this?</p>
<p>Maddog- are you sure that’s true in every state? The big schools (I know Exeter and Choate for sure, others can chime in) have scholarship bookshelves where you can check your books out for the year. Also, I think that some scholarship programs come with a book/laptop allowance.</p>