<p>I am an undergraduate trying to transfer to a four year school....</p>
<p>With tuition/fees, dorm, meal plain, and books it will be about 20 grand a year.</p>
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<li>I will probably get about $6,500 in loans</li>
<li>My parents together make about $70,000 a year so I expect about $3,500 in grants</li>
<li>My folk only live week by week so they have NO money to help with. I got let go from my job so I have nothing.</li>
<li>After loans/grants I will be about 9-10 grand short to attend.</li>
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<p>I feel so helpless, what can I do to find this money? I know scholarships, but I highly doubt I can get 9 grand worth. What is their to do or is all hope gone?</p>
<p>you will likely have to go to a state school where you can commute to school.</p>
<p>It’s not unusual for students to be unable to afford to go “away” to school.</p>
<p>you’re right that you won’t be able to get $10k in scholarships as a transfer student. And, even if you find another job, you probably won’t be able to fill that gap.</p>
<p>What are the tuition/fees for your state schools? Are you graduating from a CC? Does your state offer any grant aid and is it more at a 4-year school?</p>
<p>For state schools it would be around $8,416 for tuition/fees, not counting books of course. Yes, I am leaving a CC. Honestly, I don’t know if Maryland offers more grants for a 4-year school.</p>
<p>Another option I’d like opinion on…</p>
<p>I could go to University of Baltimore which annual tuition/fees/books is $4,665.00. I know that I will probably get around 3,500 in grant money. So if I take a $6,500 student loan, 1 grand of that will go to finish off tuition. I talked to the school housing department (has no dorms) and said they can get me a apartment for $500 a month. This leaves me with $5,500 for rent and food.</p>
<p>If you qualify for grant money, you likely will also be eligible for work-study jobs. I think federal work study allows you to earn about $2,500/yr. Sometimes schools have additional money available, so you can earn more. These jobs would be for 8-12 hours a week, leaving you plenty of time for studying and socializing. Hopefully, you could find a summer job, as well. You also might be able to get food stamps, if you wanted to apply.</p>
<p>I don’t think so…but many college students, although broke, wouldn’t qualify for food stamps in my state/county anyway unless they had dependents. Student aid is counted as income here and I think food stamps is based on the federal poverty level, which is pretty low for a single person.</p>