Who's worried about Paying for College

<p>Now that decisions are almost out, I've started thinking about the whole financial aspect of transferring. I do not qualifiy for financial aid yet I cannot pay for the whole 2 + years with tuition and fees, books and other supplies, room and board, living expenses, etc.</p>

<p>Does anyone know any good scholarship websites other than fastweb and college***************** or whatever its called.</p>

<p>The problem is I am a humanities major and I'm not a "minority" so I've noticed that alot of scholarships don't apply to me.</p>

<p>My family is going to give me some money but this really doesn't even begin to cover the expenses. I do plan on working on campus or something.</p>

<p>I do have some savings from working + smoe money from parents so a few really good scholarships might really save my neck.</p>

<p>I'm not interested in getting loans because I know it won't be easy to get a job and pay all that money back after i graduate. like i said, i'm a humanities major and I probably want to go to grad school eventually.</p>

<p>Anyone else in the same boat?? Any tips/advice?</p>

<p>same my family doesn't have much money either. I'm going to CC to save some if i could and work at the same time. Pretty tough life. lol!</p>

<p>me too. i hope the student loan can cover all my expenses in my future UC life... but it sounds impossible and i might have a huge debt to pay off after i graduate... </p>

<p>yea~ life is tough...</p>

<p>For me, once I'm dead set on which UC i'll attend, I'll visit the Financial Aid office and have them help me out on school-specific or region-specific scholarships and how to find the best loan.</p>

<p>I am worried, a bit, but still going forward with my plans to earn my BA no matter what. So far I've only been offered small loans at CSU, and no financial aid at another (OOS). UCB and Mills haven't accepted me yet, so no word on that front.</p>

<p>I'm not so worried about paying for college, but about paying for living expenses and budgeting money each month. I work full time and earn a good salary now, so not having (much) regular monthly income will be very strange. Guess that no matter what age we are, when in college, we have to learn budgeting discipline, which can only be a good thing! My parents will not help me unless I go to school in their city, and then it will only be a place to live (but I would pay OOS tuition), but I have never expected them to help me with college. Luckily I don't have dependents or anything, I can't imagine how student parents do it.</p>

<p>As for scholarships, I applied to about 10 of them through my CCC, even if I wasn't sure I was 100% qualified. I am not looking forward to applying for more - it is such a stressful thing writing different essays for each one plus asking for recommendations - but I will if necessary. Like alansda, I plan on consulting the Fin Aid office and using their resources like mad. </p>

<p>All I can say, though, is that all of us who went the CC route have already saved a ton of money, especially if it was a Cal CC, so even with paying for 2 more years of college at UC, CSU, or a private college with loans we will still graduate with less debt than many students who have been at UC/CSU/Private for all four years.</p>

<p>yea, I am worried to. I will be transferring with the expectation that my parents will not pay a cent for my college. I will have to take everything that I get in finaid and also take out loans if necessary. You are not the only one dude. The important thing is, do not give up. Work for it or something.</p>

<p>I'm worried about it and I'm still a freshman at a CCC! I'm most worried about no longer being able to work once I'm at a 4-year institution. I expect my school work-load to be much more than it is now and also the UCs don't have work-friendly schedules like CCCs do (at least mine does), so I think I will not be able to work as much (or at all) once I am at a UC. I just hope that I get good aid and will try to apply to scholarships this next year, too. I'm willing to take out some loans but don't want to graduate with a huge loan debt, either.</p>

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<p>The best scholarships for transfers, in my experience, are the local awards. Talk to your counselors and ask around for any local scholarship. I'm in engineering so I don't know how difficult it may be for a humanities major in comparison. Good luck!</p>

<p>Seeing that I am going to end up going to law school; yes, I'm worried. If I end up going to a law school like the Chicago School of Law, I'm going to be far in debt. I guess I'll have to work hard to pay it off or do like that guy did in the movie 21 :) Do I have any volunteers? I call dibs on being the big player.</p>

<p>listen you will not get out of college without loans unless your parents pay your full bill or you have a lot of money saved up.- or you are the rare student that gets a full ride-but that is not something to rely on.</p>

<p>I get financial aid and yet they always include a loan, they want you to be responsible for your education. I also worked, a lot, sometimes working over 40 hours a week to make rent, etc.... and i lived on my own.</p>

<p>If you want to move up the social ladder and dont have a family with money be prepared to be in debt.</p>

<p>My husband and I will be graduating from grad schools right around the 160-180k mark in student loans. That is the price you pay for trying to move up in the world.</p>

<p>my peers from high school get a full ride at CAL because they knew how to work teh system. I however had no clue.
I plan on working during college and I think its legitimate for me not to want take out alot of loans becaues I know my academic interests do not lead to well paying jobs, well at least not with a BA. There are alot of scholarships out there not just the 200$ ones but $1000+ ones. Although, I don't have access to them. I think those scholarships on fastweb pretty much rule me out most of the time. I'm hoping once I transfer I'll be able to find better scholarship opportunities</p>

<p>I also think its quite rude to suggest to me to get an engineering degree even as a joke.</p>

<p>do anyone know something about AB540, how to apply that?</p>

<p>Once you get accepted and submit your SIR, just contact the Financial Aid Office at that school and they'll guide you through the process of filling out that form</p>

<p>I'm definitely worried. My parents have some money and they would pay a good chunk of my tuition if I asked, but I really don't want to do that because they've been saving to buy a house. (California rent sucks.)</p>

<p>I fully expect to be in debt by the time I get out. But since it's only two years, I'm hoping the debt won't be that high.</p>

<p>im in the same situation with my parents being renters and wanting to retire and me needing money for college. And we live in L.A.</p>

<p>Connicm lol. That's actually a Good idea, you can get up to like 6 plants. </p>

<pre><code> My family is at poverty level less than 15k a year, Fin aid & Schools will love cases like myself. One Deceased Parent, Other Disabled, Mentally Handicapped Sister, I was less than a 1.5 GPA student In High school, I've been without a home for a while, Didn't get presents at Xmas a few times because Bills needed to be paid (harsh times) and now I have my own job, My own Car, and over a 3.5 in CCC finally things are looking up for me. Maybe that right there might even be a good essay who knows.
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<p>For the people that are a little more fortunate than I, Getting a Job and saving money every now and then, Loans will honestly hurt your $$$ flow for a few years after college. But I assume most of you are planning on living/working for a Long time. so 2-4 years not making any money after college is nothing compared to the long run. Loans/Grants/Scholarships/.</p>

<p>@connicm,</p>

<p>i'd be careful making statements like that on the web. the fbi/dea can trace your ip address.</p>

<p>Medical patients and their designated primary caregivers may legally possess and cultivate, but not distribute or sell, marijuana under Health and Safety Code 11362.5 (Prop 215) if they have a physician's recommendation or approval. </p>

<p>You may only grow as a Primary Caregiver with compensation. However, if you sell to anyone who doesn't also have a medical marijuana card it is a felony and there have been dozens of cases a year where kids are sent to state and federal prisons for an average of 5 years. I'm not trying to scare you, but inform you. Oh, and if you're ever charged with any drug-related offense you will lose all financial aid (Remember the FAFSA question?).</p>

<p>College is not about getting your own place, it's about growing up. So grow up, and then toke up. But don't do it irresponsibly.</p>

<p>Medical marijuana / marijuana laws:
<a href="http://www.1800420laws.com/CM/MargolinGuide/2008-TheMargolinGuide.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.1800420laws.com/CM/MargolinGuide/2008-TheMargolinGuide.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>norml.org</p>

<p>Not getting Christmas presents is considered a hardship? LOL! I've never gotten a Christmas present in my life.</p>

<p>are you stupid? the point was we only had enough money to pay the appropriate bills. Don't be a ****.</p>

<p>I wasn't trying to insult you. It just seemed out of place with the rest of your description of your hardship.</p>