[boy:mentality]

So this semester my tuition is about 4k. It's not cheap considering where I'm going (a no name public college). The 4k tuition does not include housing, books and other things.

Anyway,
I have exactly two weeks to school and I have no financial aid offers available. I REALLY need it to help pay for my classes. I've turned in all the paperwork and I can't just sit waiting. Anyone having this problem? Any advice on what to do?

How are you paying for college?





:edit:

Ok, so I signed up for an installment plan... i had to pay 50% upfront plus a small fee (what's up with all the university fees? geez). I also have to pay $1000 each month for the next two months. Not bad i suppose. I nearly had a mini heart attack while i was handing over my check though.

Now I have $4 in my bank account and owe my brother a nice chunk of money. That's my so called happy ending.

[Melitus]

4 grands in 2 weeks? Is it possible? Why didn't you applied for a student loan, i know it doesn't cover your tutition completly but still helps you with half of your debt. Get a job may help, work full time for this two week. If you are a girl, even though it is degrading a bit (not really) but i truly recommend working in a night club, I work in a night club downtown as a busser (cuz i'm a dude) but female servers get about 300-400 tips for 8 hours shift. per night. I get about $150.

Servers is the best choice, fast money if you got the look and provide a great service. I'm supporting myself with tips from customer alone, I completly cover my tution fees for this semester becuase i live at home, everything is cover so lucky me.

[iya.donghae]

If I had 4 grand, I'd so go to Korea and study there instead. :\

My parents pretty much pay for everything. Tuition fees, art materials, and my allowance. Education here isn't as expensive as it is in the US. If my parents' plan to migrate to the US materializes, my mom says I'd have to get a part time job if I want to study there. So I decided to just continue here instead.


How about a student loan?

[ChunJin]

Loans take a long time to process. It takes a few weeks.

Your other options are: Credit Card or Short Term Loan with the University/College you're going to. Go to your financial aid office and ask about the short term loan or if any grants are avaliable.

The short term loan with the college/university.... normally I think you have to pay about 25% up front, so that's ~$1,000. Then you'll have to pay it all within 1 or 2 payments. Kind of like doing lay-away. So it'd be split up 1,500 between 2 terms (evenly spaced out) or 3000 all at once at the end of the quarter.

[YUNA!]

My parents didnt' want to go through all the hassle of student loans and stuff, so they personally paid off all my tuition for me, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES that I enventually pay them off after graudation.

Now it's a couple months after I graduated from university, and I'm starting to wish I went for the student loan instead..
All the money in my bank account isn't really mine.. lol >.<

[lilshinhwafreak]

if it makes u feel any better, im paying 50k ish a year....

[boy:mentality]

WOW! 50k? seriously? where do you go to school?

[dancingbymyself]

4k for school is like nothing... im paying 15k.

[Krn_Track_Star]

im not paying ne thing for college. im in a full scholorship for track but i knoe some tricks that u can use. u can try to apply for financial aid but make sure u apply on ur name n make under 20 g a year. den u can get tution for pretty cheap.

[erure]

I don't have money for school - my dad does >/////////< I feel super spoiled when my friends complain about the costs for school and I don't have much to say ._.

[MaC87]

Geez, i have to pay 35 K... 4k is nothing compared to the amount i pay. I suggest you work and borrow loans...cux loans are interest free for students..most of the time though

[boy:mentality]

^ i do have loans from last year that have interest. that's why i'm trying to avoid taking them at all costs.


4k for just classes is not a lot compared to what some of you guys pay for college... which makes me feel somewhat better. it's just a huge amount to me because i live in a "low cost of living" state & it is a public college.

[mistapooh]

When it comes down to it dude, take the loans if things don't work out. Don't burden yourself with too much work during the school year to pay off your bro or something, then have to retake some classes. If you think about it, the cost/interest of loans are minuscule compared to the value of education you are going to get. Just my two cents!

[Ama Vita]

I'm paying 16K this semester and my tuition bill is overdue. I practically have to beg my mom's boyfriend to write me a check. Unfortunately, the money I make from the summer is only enough to cover my stafford loan, which I also took out.

[kpopdragon]

Wow, I understand how you feel about this loan thing. I just pulled out a 25k loan to pay for the rest of my college career. My best bet is to take out a short term loan with the school ASAP since most schools covers only the first payment. Have a parent help you pay it off before school is over or get a job to pay it off while you're going to school. I had to do that since I didn't get financial aid one school year and my parents didn't want to help me.

[love]

if it makes u feel any better, im paying 50k ish a year....

woww. that's so much! are you an international student?




why don't you get loans?

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/lo...nter/25523.html

i hope this helps.

[grainsofrain]

I had enough in bank to cover my fees but it was about $2400 but scholarships and grants paid for all and I get a 400$ refund back.

Did you apply too late?

[RabbitTales]

I feel very spoiled and at the same time lucky because I don't have to worry about loans and working to pay for my tuition. My mom didn't want to take osap or anything because you have to eventually paid it back so my parents are paying for everything. I was supposed to move out for school but because I'm not the one with the money, my parents wouldn't let me go far for school.