@Thisdudehere Do you get healthcare thru your state or does your parents’ employer provide? If the state of IL provides your health insurance, then you may need to stay instate to avoid the added cost of a couple thousand to buy health insurance outside IL.
Is there a public Univ that you can commute to from home?
How much FOR SURE will you get from IL state grant? Is $5k assured???
You’ll get:
5700 Pell
5500 fed loan
11,200 <= that’s not going to cover much
plus…
maybe 1500 work study
maybe 1000 SEOG
maybe 1000 Perkins loans
maybe another 3500 in fed aid
plus…
$5k in MAP aid <= is this assured?
Still very short to cover a school where you “sleep away.”
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I plan on applying for the MTIP grant (5000 for minorities who wish to become teachers), the TEACH grant (5000 for teachers who will teach in diverse low income schools),
MAP funds (5000 for all Illinois students),
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How easy is it to get those MTIP and TEACH grants?
That MTIP amount is not assured:
The number of scholarships made through this program, as well as the individual dollar amount awarded, are subject to sufficient annual appropriations by the Illinois General Assembly and the Governor.
The TEACH grants are “up to $4000” per year.