<p>Basically guys I qualified for a State funded scholarship that will pay my tuition in FULL to any college in the state of OK I want to attend (Private Excluded)
This is my senior year and want to straighten things out EARLY! I plan on attending a D2 school that seems like the right fit for me. </p>
<p>My room and board will also be handled for at least the first two years as I will be living with my very close wealthy family member who has no immediate family living with her.</p>
<p>So Tuition and R&B is covered. I also will have a motorcycle and truck that are dependable modes of no transportation so no worries on those.</p>
<p>What all expenses am I looking at having to cover myself?
-Books
-Extra Fees
-Food</p>
<p>I know I am missing some things so can you guys point them out?
The main question I am getting at here is what kind of reasonable scholarships should I try and shoot for that will cover the remainder of my expenses?
It would also be nice to be paid to go to college but I honestly do not know how that works either! Thanks in advance for the advice!</p>
<p>I hope you don’t think my reply is in any way snarky…but have you considered getting a job? Many students pay for books, extra fees (like what??), and discretionary food expenses from earnings from working themselves. If you work UP TO 10 hours per week during college, you should have plenty of spending money to cover these costs. AND if you work now and during the summer before college and save the money, you should have plenty of money stashed to help cover these costs. </p>
<p>Re other expenses…you don’t list the costs of owning the truck/motorcycle (gas, insurance, parking fees, maintenance). But even THOSE can be covered by working yourself.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply man! I definitely plan to work while attending. I do not come from a wealthy enough family to afford not to. I basically just don’t want to end up owing anyone anything after college, aside from my family.</p>
<p>No problem. Have a 36 ACT, a 4.0 average at an extremely competitive selective-enrollment high school, and go to a large but second-tier research university that offers professorial assistantships. At least that worked for a friend of my D.</p>
<p>Check with the college to see if all or some fees are covered by your scholarship, if they say no, then the fees should be listed somewhere on the college website. Some are going to be mandatory, some might be optional, some majors have additional fees.</p>
<p>Books are highly variable and dependent on the classes you are taking. It’s really anyone’s guess but the most I’ve ever seen with my two boys was around $650 a semester and the lowest was arouond $350. Spending money is totally up to you…if you need to gas up your vehicles you are going to spend more than if you don’t. One of my son’s had a vehicle at college but he seemed to get by with something less than $100 a week for gas/food/walking around money. Find out if your college has a fee for parking on campus, many of the publics do charge to park on campus. A part-time job could cover your spending money.</p>
<p>Be careful also as some colleges will apply a scholarship against your tuition and reduce their college aid and some scholarship organizations send the check directly to the college. Just read the fine print and schedule some time to talk to the financial aid office at your intended college so you understand the ins and outs of how things will play out.</p>