<p>I went to a college called "Florida State College at Jacksonville", and got an A.A. Then I went to "The University of North Florida" and I attended classes for a year. I was previously going to school full-time on a Pell Grant and also used loans to pay for my schooling as well. However, a lot of financial woes came up, and I wound up dropping out of one class last semester, and working full-time. At this juncture in time I am still working full-time and I am taking summer semester off. </p>
<p>However, I still want to go back to school in the fall at my old college at FSCJ because it's a community college that is much friendlier to people that are working full-time and going to school. In fact, I have already signed up for 2 Fall classes at FSCJ and am enrolled in their Associate of Science program for I.T. I like their IT program because it gears you towards getting computer certifications and will allow me to make money fast, which is what I desperately need. </p>
<p>However, the college tells me that I no longer have enough financial aid to pay for an A.S. degree in IT from FSCJ because it would be like Financial Aid paying for another A.A. It appears if they will only pay for another B.S. or B.A. degree at this juncture. However, what I want to do is to get that A.S. degree from FSCJ in IT, and then go for their B.A.S. degree in IT afterwards. They won't let me jump right into the B.A.S. degree in IT because they tell me that I have to have the A.S. degree that goes with it, before I can be enrolled in the program. FSCJ is the only place that I can really go to right now in my town because I am both working and going to school and UNF is VERY UNFRIENDLY to people that are working and going to school. Plus, UNF, FSCJ, and JU are the only colleges in Jacksonville, Florida that are regionally accredited. I can't go to JU either because their tuition is 15k a semester. </p>
<p>I plan to file a financial aid appeal for the government to pay for another A.S. degree for me, so I can get in the B.A.S. program. Is it very likely that this appeal will go through? </p>
<p>No, not in my opinion.
You have already completed the first two years of college.
The only courses a community college can offer ( besides vocational ones)are freshmen/sophomore level classes.</p>
<p>For taxpayers to cover two MORE years for another AA would be repetitive.</p>
<p>I dont think the appeal will work…and frankly, it wouldnt help you in the long run because you probably would run out of FA while doing the bachelors portion. the taxpayers dont keep providing aid year after year after year.</p>
<p>you say that UNF is very unfriendly to those who work, but I doubt that is really true. what are they doin that is that unfriendly. that school has a commuter student body…many who work while going to school.</p>
<p>put on your thinking cap and figure out how you can get your degree from UNF. that may mean taking classes at night and working during the day or vice versa…or taking classes on MWF and working on T, Th and weekends.</p>
<p>You have already used at least 6 semesters of pell. you dont have enough Pell left to go for 8 more semesters. I think you only can get 12 semesters total</p>
<p>No, you don’t quite get it. It has recently become a 4 year school and is now offering full bachelor’s degrees. I just have to get their A.S. degree in IT before I get their bachelor’s. </p>
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<p>First off, it is now a four year school. Second, there is no where to really move onto in my town. The only other place is UNF and that’s not really an option. I was in their computer program and it is a nightmare for anyone that works and goes to school. You have to take each class in a certain order and there will only be like one teacher teaching those classes per semester and it will be at a very certain time. For instance, in fall semester I took Visual Basic programming and Java programming. One class was at 10:00am in the morning and the next was at 1:30 Pm. Also bare in mind that my father and I share a car. So many times I find myself having to take the bus to and from school. We also have a VERY lousy transit system here in Jacksonville, and it literally takes you 3 hours on the bus to get to a place that you can get to in 30 minutes from driving. So if I went to UNF I wouldn’t get any sleep at all because I work the nightshift 40 hours a week from 11 to 7. </p>
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<p>No, 90% of the people that I know there are being taken care of by their parents. Many of them have part-time jobs, yes. However, almost no one that I know that goes there works full time and goes to school. The only way that could work is if you get like 4 hours sleep a night. </p>
<p>But you don’t want a four year program at this college. You want another associates. Perhaps if you enroll in one of their bachelors degree programs, you will get aid.</p>
<p>My guess…they will not fund another ASSOCIATES degree. You have that already.</p>
<p>I do understand actually.
An AA certificate, is an AA certificate.
You already have one.
Its unfortunate timing that after you completed your studies your school began a new program that you are now interested in but apparently ineligible for.</p>
<p>Barring the change in your schools status, which you probably did not anticipate, what were your plans for when you earned your AA?</p>