<p>I'm sorry if I seem a little ignorant here, I know very little about the mechanics of financial aid.</p>
<p>Okay, so my situation is this: I've been accepted into NYU-Poly on the condition that I take a math course over the summer-and they do want me to actually be there, so I can't take it over the internet. Here's my problem: When I'm a full time student, I will get a living allowance from the GI bill. However, for a part time student over the summer, I wouldn't receive any living allowance. What's more, I was planning on working over the summer to save up some cash so I would be able to move. Now, I have to move, but I have barely any cash to do it with (made worse by the fact that my state chose to withhold my tax refund for review) and very little time to do it in (I basically have to move within a month). I just found out last week that this was the condition under which NYU poly would accept me.</p>
<p>So, I guess my question would be, are there any kind of student loans that are available quickly for living expenses (I would plan on working in NY over the summer, since they only want me to take one class, but I don't have any idea what kind of job I'd be able to get right now.) At this point I'm just sort of trying to cast around to see what my options are, but all the vet organizations and school contacts I have talked to about the issue have taken nearly a week to get back to me, and I just don't have the time to wait that long between replies. Barring student loans, does anyone know of any quickly available private loans appropriate for this sort of situation?</p>
<p>I don’t really have an answer for you, just some suggestions. Contact the school and explain the situation. Do you know anyone in NYC that you could live with for the summer? Do you have any job prospects once you are there? Are your parents able to help? Grandparents? Other relatives? Church? Local organizations?</p>
<p>I agree with crazymomster, contact the school and see if they can offer you any help. Even if they stone-wall you go above that person. Try and reach out to the Director of Financial aid, etc. Try and force them to allow you to take the math course at your local Community College, or give you access to the dorms, or increase your Cost of Attendence and include a loan with an early disbursement date. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if their would be any private loans you could take out for the summer, there may be so try and contact Sallie Mae, but I don’t think so.</p>
<p>Otherwise, it is possible to live cheaply in NYC and support yourself on a part-time for a few months. If you have a car where you can keep your stuff, the best bet is to live temporarily in a hostile. If you can afford the deposit, it’s also a good idea to search craigslist for cheap rooms-for-rent. The cheapest you’ll generally find is 400-600 a month, try looking around Queens and Brooklyn (the Bayridge/Fort Hamilton area is actually a nice area with a strong military presence due to the army base).</p>
<p>The GI Bill allows you to draw the monthly housing allowance if you are enrolled at least half-time. Since full-time is usually 12 credits, half-time is often 6 credits or two 3-credit classes. So can you take the math class and another class? If you are enrolled at least half-time you are also eligible for other federal programs like Direct loans.</p>
<p>I think one would be very unlikely to find a temp room for $400-600 in New York, even in the outer boroughs. I would estimate higher - $600-900. You can find some things in the low end the further out into the boroughs you go.</p>
<p>I think your first plan of action should be to see if they allow you to take the class at a community college or nearby 4-year public college to you. It’s not like the math will be different. Barring that, I agree with seeing if they can increase your financial aid package or give you access to a loan they can disburse over the summer and let you live in their residence halls.</p>
<p>You could try to find a sublet for the summer through Craigslist. That might be the easiest and cheapest way to live in NYC. Lots of people want subletters for the summer.</p>
<p>I’ve talked to them, and they definitely want me to take my math course at their school, to get used to their facilities. They did say I could stay in one of their residence halls, but I have no idea how much that would cost. The biggest problem is that this requirement was sort of dumped on me less than two weeks ago, when I was planning on working through the summer to save up money to move to college in the fall, and I have very little time to do anything about it. Hell, I was only able to send in my 300 dollar deposit and acceptance of student aid a couple of days ago, because I had just then got a reply, and the summer class starts in less than a month. I’m I’m contact with 3 different counselors at the school, but I haven’t been able to get them on the phone yet, and they do about one or two email replies a day, so the rate of discussion is slow, when I need it to be fast. I plan on going down to New York this week to check out some apartments and hopefully meet up with some of the school counselors so I can get this all sorted out.</p>