<p>what are the scholarships for if the college is government funded?</p>
<p>the ones that give you directly a check. lol</p>
<p>not many actually. some will pay for your books and computer, but who knows, it's usually hit and miss. most require a receipt of what you're buying with the money. what i was able to do was take money from an education IRA and put it towards paying back my loan.. so i'll get my loan paid off 3 months before my classmates do. </p>
<p>it's not really a loan, it's an advance of pay. they give you around $8600 that you'll get paid over the next 2 yrs and you pay $430 every month to pay it back.</p>
<p>Thanks HNeedle. But what about scholarships directly from the academy? I dont know if this is what you were referring to or not.</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>The Academy (well, the U.S. government and its taxpayers!) already fully fund the education of cadets, so the only additional scholarships would come from outside sources.</p>
<p>Yea that's what i thought. But i've heard of some cadets in the military academy getting scholarships from there. So i was just wondering.</p>
<p>Are we talking about a federal academy or a private institution?</p>
<p>I think in some occasions for extremely successful cadets, the AFA will send them/award them a scholarship to attend graduate school and obtain their Masters. You might want to re-state your questions clearly IvyBound. I think there's some confusion.</p>
<p>what about the scholarships that require a FAFSA or any of those other forms. Are many of them able to be applied to USAFA to pay off the loan faster? Or are cash scholarships the only real source of scholarships that are feasible?</p>
<p>only the ones that don't specify for what they are intended</p>
<p>Wait, so I could actually apply for private scholarships for extra cash and paying off the loan faster? I was talking to my counselor about this the other day, and he said I should be able to. I was wondering if any of you had done this?? Also, how could I determine which ones I'd be able to apply for? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>yes you can; i sorta did the same thing, but not w/ scholarship money. you have to make sure it's made out to you, not to the school. then it's up to you to do what you want w/ it.. i took mine to the financial office, explained what i wanted, and they did it no time.</p>
<p>what are the names of some of these scholarships?</p>
<p>i applied for many scholarships through my high school and several other places. However, as soon as they learned i was attending a service academy, they removed me from consideration because i didn't need it.</p>
<p>not to say extra money isn't nice, but remember: scholarships are available to help people pay for college. the purpose isn't to give people extra money. so if you're accepted into an academy, you don't rly need to worry about finding outside scholarships</p>
<p>I agree with eagle.</p>
<p>Not to be mean or rude, but by going to the AFA it is equivalent to over 380K. scholarship. Will you pay back money for things...YES. Will you still make money every month...YES.</p>
<p>EVen a full ride to Duke, Princeton, Harvard, etc isn't @400K. </p>
<p>Leave the money for the kids that with even a type 2 scholarship, the AF is only paying 15K per yr and only 900 for books, which means that they might still be taking loans.</p>
<p>Watch out you might be one of those kids.</p>
<p>yeah i totally understand. someone else was talking to me about this and i was just intrigued, that's all.</p>