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I left high school with a great SAT score and also great rank. I foolishly put off the opportunity to enroll in a good school and instead twiddled my thumbs and finally signed up for community college,

I am now regretting my foolish decision at 18. To add insult to injury, I qualified for $14,000 in scholarships to my favorite school, not including need-based aid.

Now, as a transfer student, transferring to the private school where much of my credits will not transfer, I am faced with a financial aid package of $4,000 on college merit, including very sizable grants and loans, and the prospect of getting denied on my application whereas on the basis of my record exiting high school, I would almost be assured admission.

The question is what are the ramifications of applying as a freshman and not disclosing my previous college history, i.e. starting from scratch?

I am certainly in a bind looking at a great financial aid package on SAT and rank and assured admission yet faced with the ethical dilemma of applying as a transfer and being rejected. It raises ethical issues in my mind due to the nature of declining to disclose my previous college history in an attempt to win a greater financial aid package, which also raises legal red flags in my mind.

There is one certainty in all of this however, either route I go, upon receipt of denial the other option is terminated. The point then is still pivotal that applying as a freshman brings with it an assured admission. It seems inherently fraudulent and fiscally dishonest though.

If you decide to lie on your application or not it doesn’t matter because your college record follows you everywhere you go even grad school,law school,medical school,etc.Also the other institution will see that you’ve gotten financial aid before because your name is in the system along with the school code so therefore you can’t lie.And if you do they can deny admission and deny you of any financial aid.My friend that will ruin your entire college career.

As a junior now, I am finding fewer reasons to care about school. I am at the top of my class, but I just don’t know what I have that keeps me going. My mom and sisters look at my grades as if 95’s are easy to manage and ask why I didn’t get 100s instead. They expect me to go to an Ivy League school, but I think don’t want to go there. And that’s not even considering the possibility that I would even get accepted.

My heart really lies in acting. Because I know this is a very unrealistic dream, it will remain that – a dream. My only experience with it is reciting poetry and prose during speech and debate competitions. My family wants me to become something that requires graduate school (i.e. medicine, law, engineering). Even though I understand math and science quite easily, it does not mean that I want to have a career based on that. Everyone sees me as strictly left brained, but no one sees my imaginative side. It frustrates me so much because I love to dream, imagine. (If you have ever seen/read Anne of Green Gables, you can easily compare me to her.)

Before you tell me to talk to my Mom, I already have. It does not go over well. For example, one conversation went as follows:
Me: Hey, Mom, what do you think I want to do?
Mom: I don’t know, be a doctor? You want to be everything.
Me: No, what do I WANT to do?
Mom: I don’t know.
Me: (Give knowing glances to my sister siting at the kitchen table.) ___ (Sister’s name), you know what I want to do?
Sis: Yep. SUPERSTAR! haha.
Mom: Oh, be an actress.
Me: Yeah, what do you think about that?
Mom: I don’t know. You don’t know how to act. You’ve never done it. How do you know if you are any good at it?
Me: I don’t. But I know I love to do it.
Mom: Then be a politician. They act. And get money. And people know you. You become somebody.

I know my family only wants what they think is best for me, but our opinions differ dramatically. Even though I know I’ll never be an actress, or maybe because I know it, I have lost all motivation to do well in school. Granted, I still do my work, but that is only because of my competitive nature. I want to win (and in this case, remain valedictorian). But I just do not want to do it. I am scared that if I keep this up, I’ll end up breaking down in college, wherever I may be.

I do not need help with my family – if you bet them, you would understand – but, rather, with keeping up my motivation to succeed. I have nothing driving me except for the mere fact that I desire to attend a university in the New England states; I do not want to stay in Texas. If I manage to get accepted to an out-of-state school, then I have to have scholarships. Therefore, I have to excel now, for it determines my future. I want a future, a future I want.

Thanks, and sorry it is so long.
I really don’t know what I want to do. But knowing that I pretty much can never do what I love as a career brings me down.
I tried everything else. I have aspects from both sides. For example, I can envision what would be the ideal painting but can’t paint it. I can write awesome stories but lack a descriptive enough setting.
I guess what I am trying to say is that even if a good education eventually provides me with a good career that pays more than enough, what does it matter? Life will stay in a fixed routine without hopes for happiness. So, what’s the big deal? Why is it important? Why should I care? My life will be worthless, meaningless. I don’t want to live like that.

Well, you could aim for Yale — a great New England university with an outstanding drama department. You could use NYU and Vassar as backups, also with strong drama departments (don’t know how strong Vassar is in science, though). Carnegie Mellon is another school that’s strong in both the sciences and in drama. A school that is good in sciences AND drama would give you a chance to scratch that acting itch, while still aiming for a science career. Perhaps if the acting instructors at Yale or NYU lauded your talent, your family would reconsider their stance.

I’m quiet confused how this is supposed to work out.

Let’s say I got a full ride to a college from FAFSA + grants + school scholarship worth $20,000 because of financial aid

After that, I win $10,000 more from scholarship (example: Coca Cola scholarship)

Then what happens? Do I keep the $10,000?? Or do the school take back $10,000 in scholarship/grants and use the Coca cola scholarship to cover the fees?

I’m quiet confused, please help, thanks!

You’re allowed to use scholarships for anything even remotely related to academics. Like books, supplies, even household things, especially if you’re in dorms. But depending on what school you go to, you can use the extra money for later years.

I wouldn’t be too concerned though, you’ll get your money, the school just gets the money you owe them first. Lucky you, getting so much money, I didn’t get anything!

I simply can’t win.
Here’s the thing: I took two years off after high school to be a missionary and to travel. Last fall I decided to come home and go to a nearby University and work to pay for my own school. I am currently working two jobs and taking 18 hours each quarter with a 3.8 GPA
So far I’ve been able to combine portions of my savings and my earnings, barely making each payment. Now the savings are gone, and money is tighter than ever.
Because I’m not a freshman directly out of highschool, I’m not eligible for financial aid from my college, and I just found out that through the fafsa, I am no longer eligible for any government grants.
Does anyone know of anything else I can do? I’ve submitted the fafsa, applied for any scholarships I can get my hands on, I’m working two part-time jobs, just to pay for school. I even stopped coloring my hair as one of many cutbacks in order to save money. lol
I want to graduate debt-free. Phew. Any suggestions?

One of the things you could look into is what sort of benefits package your university offers their resident assistants. Some of them offer not only room and board but also tuition waivers. The only drawback is that they also may limit the number of credit hours you can take each semester. I understand that you’re currently living at home, but if that tuition waiver is part of the package, there’s no reason not to go for it!

With a GPA as high as yours, have you ever considered offering yourself as a tutor, whether through a university program or privately? Depending on what courses you feel competent in, you may find quite a market for such services (especially if you’re willing to tackle students in any "weed-out courses" that your university may have).

There is also the option of taking far fewer credit hours and finding an alternative part-time position that offers better pay. My fiance went to a private school where the cost per year was as much as I paid for my entire college career, but was able to pay for it by working for a local business.

Some of the more off-the-wall ideas may be egg-harvesting (yes yes, this may be a bit unsavory to some, but if eligible it can cover some costs) or participating in research studies (some psychology or health and sciences departments will pay students a decent amount for their participation should they qualify).

I am 18 years old, a 2nd year Marine engineering student here in the Philippines who grew without the presence of my parents. I was 5 years old when my father and mom separated. My father was an army before when my mom discovered that she had many mistresses and the most painful part, he got children to his mistresses. That’s the reason why my mom flew abroad to work as a helper to raise and send me and my brother to school. She left us to our loving and caring grandmother while my auncles and aunties didnot even extend their help to us. At an early age I learned to sacrifice, hide the pains I feel and I learned to love and surrender all the things to God through my teachers in my elementary and secondary years. Since I was in elementary years I was an achiever in school.I excel in academics, I always got awards and honors because I really want to prove to our family that I can lift them up. I graduated in my high school with outstanding awards but still I am not happy because I can fill that what I need is the presence of my parents. Still, I manage to do well in my studies. I just surrender all the things to God. My mother told me that she could no longer send me to college because her salary is not enough to sustain us so I decided to ask for help from my teachers. I applied for the scholarship in a maritime university and I was blessed. I got a sponsor from a Norwegian Shipowner’s Scholarship shouldering all my expenses including my board and lodging, food, tuition fees, trainings, except my allowaNCE. But I had already my company waiting for me when I graduate. I am still an achiever here in our school, I always win in some competitions , I am a campus writer in school, I have a good name here in school, many people admired me because of my good attitudes and personality.My mom is still working outside the country for many years while I am staying here in the dormitory leaving my younger brothers and old grandmother in our province.Ofcourse I made my mom proud of me. She told me that she’s happy because of me. But still, I am not happy. I can feel pity and sadness towards my self. I Sometimes, I can feel I am not intellegent because of my situation now….Here’s my problems:
1. Until now, I hate my father, I want to revenge to him for what he had done to us. He let us suffer and I belive he is the one who destroyed our family. Sometimes I can say I already forgave him but still I could not get rid of the hatred I feel. What would I do?
2. I will be going onboard on an international training with my company, and I am concern with my brothers and old grandmother,.
3. some of my classmates hated me because I always refuse to go with them when they drink alcohol. I had no vices, I don’t smoke so they hated me because I always stick to good things. What would I do? Am I doing the right thing?
4. Since my elementary, I already feared God. I am a good follower of Him but then, when I am now in college an stayed here in the dormitory I learned to engage on immorality. This dormitory is exclusive only for male scholars in our course but still there are gays here who took marine engineering not by their choice but because of poverty. I have a good personality and a goodlooking person that’s why some gays took me for granted. I became weak and I let myself drowned with temptations until they got what they need from me. One of my gay senior paid me money in exchange of my body and I agree.I really hate myself in the end. I regreted but too late. I lost the respect of some people around me. I ruined my good name here in school but I had nothing to do. Do you think I am already gay? I have a girl friend but we ended up when she knew the things happened to me. At first she understand me and she pitied me but in the end, she gave up. She left me. And I really hate myself.

Every night, I am haunted by these questions. fear of God, and pity for myself. Sometimes, I thought of killing my self. But I am worried for my mother and brothers.
Please help me, I am, already struggling with this things.

I think that you need to quit trying to prove yourself to everyone. You just need to be proud of yourself. It is always nice when family, friends, and classmates are proud of us, but if the honor feels meaningless to you then it is pointless. I think you really need to evaluate your life and decide what you want. Just take a deep breathe and decide whats really important. Ignore everyone, but yourself. You are a good person always wanting to do the right thing and make everyone proud, but doing the right thing doesn’t seem to be making you happy.
So my advice is become a person you can be proud of, not hate.
Go for a walk, or do something you love to do and then sit down and write. Write everything you feel, and have felt about your life and family. Then write everything you want, not what you think others want from you. Even if these wants seem intangible, write them down anyways. It is ok to feel sorry for yourself sometimes but also know when to say enough is enough. Good luck.

I am an 19 year old homeless mother who needs a home for her son. All the grants from HUD don’t help me because they are all for homeless shelters. Shelters are bad places in DC, i don’t know about other places but in DC they are full of thieves and rapists. I need a grant for school that would help with tuition and housing, none of the grants from DC residents or from other private loans are enough, they cover only 20-45% of the cost in reality and the rest has to be made up for on the students own, through loans and working. But for student who can’t get a cosigner for the loan and aren’t eligible for a work study we get stuck with over $6000 in money we own to the school, plus we cant afford books or transportation. Your supposed to make up the rest of the money in scholarships but if you didn’t get good grades in school there is no way to really get large amount enough to cover the remaining costs. Plus you are competing with people who are in the same situation as you. Its like winning the lottery.

Or I would also need a grant that would just help a homeless mother find a place to live. People would say, just get TANF but if you don’t have anaddresss or friends to write the mandatory letter that says you live at thataddresss then you aren’teligiblee for TANF.

OR even better would be a personal grant that would allow me start up money for myCommercee businesses. I need the money to file the paperwork because I have been out of work since January when i started school. In may i had to drop out because i had no where to live and started floating from home to home. If there was a grant for a business start up costs, SBA grantsaren’tt big enough to cover all my costs. Anyone know of any grants that can help me?

There are NO grants for personal use. A job is all you can do and take care of yourself

i want to go into zoology. primarily the primatology branch, but i would be in school for a good ten years before i got my doctorate and became a respectable, well paid zoologist. what other jobs relating to that field or just animals could i have while i’m still in school? it will need to be a job that pays pretty decently. i’ll need to be able to live (very cheaply i know) off the salary and make some payments on student loans as this many years of schooling will be massivly expensive. now that i’ve brought it up, it would also be really great if you could suggest some ways to pay for school. i’ll have to go to community college for a couple years to bring up my GPA and if i do well there i can get various small scholarships and grants. the same goes for whatever university i attend. if i do well i can get some money for graduate school. aside from some grants and scholarships the only other options i can see are the military, the peace corp, and student loans. i’ll need to borrow money no matter what. anything else i should know about besides winning the lottery? i’d really appreciate any help at all!

idk go check schools website

I’m just saying okay, I never will do run for president and even if I did, I’m sure I won’t win. But if I do, here’s what I would do to change not only our nation but also the world. I’ll IMMEDIATELY pull out troops in overseas. Really, I see no point in this war and its been dragging forever. Results? The valuable lives of Americans, family breaking apart because of losing loved ones, and money. While all that money is going towards that "war", it could be used to help the millions of hungry and homeless Americans. Maybe, we could see less people on the streets and less homeless signs. Just because there is welfare, not everyone is eligible to get it plus the long process of getting it even if you are eligible. Second, I would create more jobs by creating a clean up agency to help renovate our country. It is so dirty in some cities and the environment is heavily polluted in some areas. If I created a clean up agency and started to pay people, maybe no one would be jobless. You don’t have to have a degree to clean. It’s a some sort of professional practice, right? Third, I would lower the cost of college tuition. Of course, many many students out there are eligible for scholarships and grants but how about the people that can’t afford it or don’t have the knowledge (for scholarships) and they try their best but they want a degree? Next, I would straighten up the polices. You can’t just go around and pull people over for 2miles overspeeding and expect praise or a raise for that. That’s not doing a good job; it just makes all polices look bad. I know not all polices do that but still, innocent civilians are getting pulled over everyday. Next, I would ensure the security of our nation at every corner in order to reduce crime. Ex: at least two police officers at a gas station, tons of polices officials around school campuses…you get the idea. Plus, I’m going to put more control on immigration. If you’re gonna come to the United States, at least have manners. You have to learn English because hello, this is the primary language these days. And basically this is what America needs: more order and security (too much freedom), clean up, rebuild and restore what used to be a beautiful nation all over, and put more people in schools with the lower cost of college tuition (so they won’t end up elsewhere like partying). So, would you vote for me if I ran for president? I’m female by the way and that’s just the way I see things.

Aside from the fact(s) that you:

1. Have no prior political experience.
2. Have no higher education from as far as I can decipher.
3. Are for the most part, unintelligible and unrealistic (borderline fantasy theorist).
4. A woman who knows absolutely nothing whatsoever.

Sure, I would vote for you.

Okay, I have a somewhat sad situation, I am in need of financial assistance for college but the criteria for most of the scholarships and grants that I view exceed my GPA. I have a good ACT score (23) but my GPA is not so good. It is a 2.16(unweighted) and a 2.34(weighted). So I was wondering if anyone could help me out and tell me what grants and scholarships that I could apply for (and possibly have a chance at winning) with my GPA and ACT score. THANKS!!!!

p.s. If it makes any difference I reside in Louisiana and intend to attend college here also.

Your counselor should have scholarship information for the state. Contact the schools you have applied to or at least applying to ask them if they offer any scholarships and what are their requirements.

Also there are also some scholarships guides that should be at your local libraries. Check those out to see what they might have. Ask your parents if their jobs/professional organizations offer scholarships. That may be way to bypass the GPA and ACT requirement.

Also I am not sure about your financial situation, but you can also try need base scholarships. They do not consider your academic numbers.

I am 20 years old and now in my second academic year at Kaplan University. I had to go through a verification process over the course of my first academic year and after that was completed I found out I am no longer eligible for the Pell Grant that I thought I had. So now I have an outstanding expense from my first academic year and I will have an outstanding expense from this coming academic year (which will be my second) and they will need to made with student payments…meaning that money is coming from my own pocket. I don’t have the money at this point in my life to make payments on my outstanding expenses so I have been looking for other grants or scholarships I can get. I already have a scholarship from my school for having a 4.0 GPA. I’m not sure if that will help me at when looking for scholarships or grants, but I do have a GPA and have been on the President’s List and/or Dean’s List every term since I started college. I go online on a daily basis to look for scholarships and/or grants but I keep getting to bogus, no good sites that make you enter a drawing to win a scholarship or some other crap. If anyone can help me and give me some websites or numbers that I can visit/call to find out information on how to get scholarships/grants or a place to apply for them that would be extremely helpful. If I can’t get more loans then the 2 I have or some scholarships then I can get dropped from my classes…which is the LAST thing I want. So please people..help me!

Contact your financial aid office. There are several scholarship/grant opportunities that are provided in a book, with all of the qualifying information that you need and a description for each. You should also be able to download this book from your school’s website. Your financial aid office should be your best friends while trying to obtain your educational goals. Congrats on the great accomplishment you have made so far & Good luck with the remaining educational goals that you have.