Is it worth it for a foreign parent to squeeze his budget to manage very expensive undergraduate educations for his children in elite American schools? [more inside]
posted by Mo Nickels on Apr 17, 2009 - 28 answers

NC Scholarship? [more inside]
posted by toastchee on Jul 8, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the best way of locating small scholarships? [more inside]
posted by sugarfish on Jun 20, 2008 - 4 answers

My high school senior son is a finalist for a very nice Humanities scholarship at his first choice of colleges where's he's been accepted. He'll be interviewed this coming Saturday. [more inside]
posted by imjustsaying on Feb 25, 2008 - 15 answers

What should I give my mother for her upcoming trip around the world? [more inside]
posted by you're a kitty! on Nov 11, 2007 - 15 answers

I want to quit my job and go to school. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 26, 2005 - 14 answers

I'm a full-time college sophomore. I'm working full time, 35 hours a week, to try and make ends meet but I'm having a hard time. I know there was another thread on loans earlier, but my situation is different.

The disbursement I get from the federal student loan programs is not enough to cover my tuition itself, and the extra cost of room, board, books and other necessities is eating in and I'm beginning to run up serious credit card debt. My parents make enough money to keep me from getting grants or financial need scholarships, but they will not help me with school, nor will they co-sign a 3rd party loan. I live in a very cheap apartment and take the bus to school, and I've cut food and entertainment expenses to the minimums. I talked to the financial aid office and they said that there was nothing they could do except offer me a position on campus (for less hours and the same money as my current job) or give me a list of 3rd party loan providers. I called the providers, but they all rejected me because I'm too young (21), single and don't have a cosigner.

What do I do? I feel like I'm being punished for trying to go to school.
posted by anonymous on Jan 27, 2005 - 59 answers