don't you dare!erevmoreJanuary 18 2007, 10:53:10 UTC
Yes, getting back into school isn't easy to do - I had a hard time when I started grad school. Why is harding giving you a hard time on transcripts? FAFSA shouldn't be too hard if you're going into graduate school, b/c as a graduate student you're considered independent, and you don't have to have any of your parent's income information. Any difficulties you're having can be helped by the campus fin aid department - they even have resources for helping you know how to update the FAFSA, how to put your loans in deferment ( though usually your enrollment status is sent out to all your loan holders and they stop sending you bills, only statements while you're in school). Classes - I don't know what you're doing for a degree, but the college you're attending might have an online catalog, since most of them do, and your degree requirements should be in it - go look them up, see what you've got to have, read course descriptions, maybe go to their library and ask to see the syllabi of courses you're interested in ( libraries usually have copies of course syllabi behind the counter) and see if that is what you want to take that semester. Sounds like a lot, but technically, take one trip to campus and a) go by the fin aid department and ask questions b) get on the internet or look in your catalog, go to library and ask about syllabi c) I don't know what you mean by Harding - are they refusing to give you the transcript, or what?
Other than that, you can do this. Grad school is NOT the same as undergrad, but you can do it. When I started, I was afraid of research papers, but now, less than a semester from graduation, I'm contemplating volunteering for the thesis option on my next master's. Life is good. Don't give up, you'll be proud of yourself and it will do a lot for you. Love ya, write me! -penwielder
b/c as a graduate student you're considered independent, and you don't have to have any of your parent's income information.
Any difficulties you're having can be helped by the campus fin aid department - they even have resources for helping you know how to update the FAFSA, how to put your loans in deferment ( though usually your enrollment status is sent out to all your loan holders and they stop sending you bills, only statements while you're in school).
Classes - I don't know what you're doing for a degree, but the college you're attending might have an online catalog, since most of them do, and your degree requirements should be in it - go look them up, see what you've got to have, read course descriptions, maybe go to their library and ask to see the syllabi of courses you're interested in ( libraries usually have copies of course syllabi behind the counter) and see if that is what you want to take that semester. Sounds like a lot, but technically, take one trip to campus and
a) go by the fin aid department and ask questions
b) get on the internet or look in your catalog, go to library and ask about syllabi
c) I don't know what you mean by Harding - are they refusing to give you the transcript, or what?
Other than that, you can do this. Grad school is NOT the same as undergrad, but you can do it. When I started, I was afraid of research papers, but now, less than a semester from graduation, I'm contemplating volunteering for the thesis option on my next master's. Life is good. Don't give up, you'll be proud of yourself and it will do a lot for you.
Love ya, write me!
-penwielder
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