It is hopeless; I cannot pay for college. My parents' expected yearly contribution is $40,000, yet they are on the verge of bankruptcy and have a very low net worth. Even still, the financial aid calculator the colleges use has told me that I will have to come up with $40,000.
I will apply for scholarships galore, but there really is no hope. We have no money, but it looks like we have money.
STUPID BROTHER!!!!!!!! Perhaps I am just siphoning off my anger on him. I don't care. It is mostly his fault. And my mom's, for buying so much stuff.
Even if I do get like $10,000 in scholarships per year, which is doubtful, there is still $30,000 unaccounted for...
I must go douse myself in Final Fantasy and sugar-free juice...
No, I'm actually really stressed. I don't know what I'm going to do.
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"What I realized suddenly was that the true failure would have been if I hadn't given a damn. You can bandage a wound, set a broken bone, but not caring...you can't cure that and you can't recover from it."
"What I realized suddenly was that the true failure would have been if I hadn't given a damn. You can bandage a wound, set a broken bone, but not caring...you can't cure that and you can't recover from it."
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you need to realize that it isn't as simple as that. if you truly cannot come up with a fraction of what your "expected" contribution is, private schools will want to know about it and help. my grant was raised almost $5000 when i told them about my various "extraneous situtions". there is a form for it, a process, and they realize the fafsa doesn't accurately depict everyone's economic standing. i know it is stressful. but right now you need to just forget, or at least push to the back of your mind, the monetary aspect of it. apply to chicago, mit, and where ever else and see what they offer, and talk to them. it will work out.
does every college look at more than that, or just UPS?
Most private colleges will look at it.
Not to mention lots of private scholarships.
You'll be fine. Don't worry about it yet, just do the best you can with school right now.
^^yes.
i will get back to you on this.
never fear, i have not given up hope. but i also haven't given up my anxiety. morgan, thank you thank you thank you, that made me feel a lot better.
i'll look into it more.
everywhere i'm applying is a private college except possibly one school, so perhaps there is some miniscule scrap of hope.
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