Selective Service Mess

Paying for College
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<p>Ok Joe I feel your pain.</p>

<p>I am also 31, I have also not signed up for selective service</p>

<p>I did not do it unpurpose it was pure ignorance on my part. I completely confused registring to vote as the same thing as registering with the government. "are you registered" "are you registered" I identified this as registering with the government which allowed you to vote AND also get drafted if need be, I'm paying taxes I'm registered so I honestly beleive this meant i was in the system for being drafted. Why is this?</p>

<p>I honestly don't remember in 94-95 a good program telling teh students about registering about selective service and the importance of doing it and your future. Had i known i would have done it immediately. When i left highschool i only applied to one college, and my parents paid for it. I never applied for student aid so i didn't come across the "selective service" requirments. My parents were imigrants so they didn't know about this either.</p>

<p>I dropped out of that college and tried for a couple years to go to community college, at that time I had no expenses and once again my parents paid for school but I was lost and kept dropping classes but once again I never applied for student aid. I was young dumb and lost. After a few years of this i stopped and entered the work force eventually getting a seriies of high paying jobs always assuming i would go back to school some day. However one day got farther adn farther away until almost 11 years passed. Financial hardships and the economoy helped motivate me to go back to school but now I have a much lower income, I'm an independent and money from my parents arn't an option as they are retired. </p>

<p>I had no idea about the fact i wasn't registered with selective service. I was suprised applying for FAFSA and getting rejected for that reason. The problem is i have no way of proving this. I need to go to school i can not make any type of respectible income with out my college degree but financial aid seems to not be an option as I am not 31 and if given the chance i would sign up in a heart beat. I keep asking this question but I can't find the answer anywhere online. I'm alone, i need help.</p>

<p>are there ANY loans our ANY aid programs out there for the united states of america, that i can apply to and not be initially rejected for not having signed up for selective service before I was 26? </p>

<p>there has to be SOMETHING. I understand about finiancial aid, but a bank loan, SOMETHING that i can sign up for and pay back. </p>

<p>am i denied EVERY oppportunity for receiving money to go to school? Is there anything? It doesn't have to be federal ANYTHING? I'm frantic, i know my reasons for not signing up are flimsy and weak but its the TRUTH. But i know it will be denied if I try to write a letter or appeal it. So that is not an opption</p>

<p>WHAT PROGRAMS OR LOANS ARE AVAILBLE IF YOU HAVEN"T SIGNED UP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE? ANYTHING? I DON"T CARE IF ITS "LOU's LOANS I NEED KNOW THE PROCESS THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING.</p>

<p>it wan't like i received a letter in the mail telling me i haven't signed up for SS and to go sign. I was completely ignorant. But you cant' survive with out a degree, and no one an pay for it with out a loan. Is there ANYTHING???? the answer just can't be your S.O.L. be quiet and die??</p>

<p>signed </p>

<p>Frantically searching for answers.</p>

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<p>Sorry guys, but you can pay for your education without loans. You can take one or two courses at a time at your local cheap public university. It will take much longer to complete your degree but it can indeed be done.</p>

<p>As to the Selective Service problem: keep pestering them until you are registered and everything is cleared up. This takes time. It may take a helping hand from your US Senator or Congressperson, but you can indeed resolve it. A friend of mine who was born overseas and did not move to the US until he was in his early 30's ran up against this very same problem. In all of the paperwork he had to do at the US consulate over the years no one ever said a peep about the Selective Service.</p>

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<p>You can borrow an alternative loan. Your financial aid office certifies it, but it's not federal aid - so no SS requirement.</p>

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<p>alternative loan? what are these?</p>

<p>When talking to my financial office they mentioned alternative loans that don't require SS but what ARE they are they offered by banks?</p>

<p>I would definitely apply if I can know who is offering them and where to look but I can't find any specific information on what business are offering these loans that don't require SS. </p>

<p>Does anyone have any information on this?</p>

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<p>Here is a link with information & some lenders. With the current economic situation, I don't know if all of the lenders listed are still in the student loan business. You can also check with your own bank or credit union. I think some of our regular post-ers have experience with alt loans & might have recommendations.</p>

<p>FinAid</a> | Loans | Private Student Loans</p>