Thank you for the help!

Paying for College
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<p>THANK YOU~cptofthehouse, bluebayou, mom2collegekids, irishmam3, dodgersmom, happymomof1, sschickens, entomom, octoberdana, intparent, QuietLurkingMom, IronMaiden, JRCLMom, ddahwan, dancegrl, alexie2014</p>

<p>I hope some of the kids here after solving their issues take the time to say thank you, you people were an amazing and unexpected resource in my time of confusion. I heard back from the U of MN and I'm official in... again with the same no gap FINAID including books and expenses (I'm sure I can cover any miscellaneous charges they may impose) I am grateful for all the suggestions and believe me, I took heed of every one of them: I sent an appeal letter, did the parent plus, talked to my church, called Maryland again, looked at busing, applied to still enrolling colleges... everything and all was worth the effort because it makes me appreciate the U so much more. I know people still on the wait-list that will drop their current college just for the U. </p>

<p>Now when I take out my loans, I won't still be ridiculously broke and concerned about money. Also I will be writing very detailed thank you letter to the counselors that let me back into the U and the BU staffers that helped me along the way. </p>

<p>At this point I'm just grateful for having an option still. </p>

<p>Here are my plans to give back based on this experience:</p>

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<li>Should my church get back to me, I'll meet with the leaders in person and encourage them to create a scholarship fund for others.</li>
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<p>*I'll write a letter to BU encouraging them to include these expenses way earlier in the process, I was somewhat fooled and honestly I'm sure student that are better prepared financially will better serve the school long-term than and extra $3K</p>

<p>*The Gov. does matter in this and too many people are in my position and worse off, wanting to learn more should not seem so unreachable. I will always consider the education policies of any candidate I vote for. </p>

<p>*CC should generate a forum dedicated to threads where in students that need votes for scholarship entries can come and request them. Many scholarships now require popular votes like FB likes to pass the first round and great kids are missing them because they don't have 10 million friends on FB.</p>

<p>Thanks again, my mom would have used her retirement fund to pay but I can't let her.</p>

<p>Also can I still back out of BU no consequences?</p>

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<p>Yes you can still back out of BU. no college is going to force you to attend…especially when there is insufficient funding for you to do so.</p>

<p>Make sure you are all set on your enrollment…then write a nice letter to those BU folks…thanking them, saying you are so sorry you can’t attend, and let them know the difference in aid is the reason. They will understand.</p>

<p>And best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>Be sure to back out of BU the right way. Call multiple offices if need be. Sign and make copies (or ask for copies to be mailed) of any forms required. There have been students who enrolled, but then never attended classes, and were later surprised to owe the school they never attended money. You don’t want that to happen! I would think the Registrar’s office, and the fin. aid. office might be the places to contact.</p>

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<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

<p>QLM</p>

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<p>Anyone remember the young man who was on these boards as a student seeking a Stanford education, now running services with like issues. Mike something was his name. Perhaps OP can contact him for some tips. That young man is doing some incredible payback now that he is set.</p>

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<p>Best wishes for you! You’re a fine young man! Your parents should be very proud!!!</p>

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<p>Yes, all the regulars here are wonderful and don’t get praised enough.</p>

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<p>To OP: Congrats to you for taking well-intentioned CC advice and letting us know how you resolved your situation. </p>

<p>It seems that the usual ‘I-don’t-have-enough financial-aid-what-do-I-do’ threads consist of students (unlike you) who don’t like/don’t believe the advice provided and instead continue to search for the magic tuition- money-tree or money-fairy answer.</p>