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letter to the award appeals committee of fin aid.... hopefully they pity me and i'm not kicked out for non-payment.
To the Award Appeals Committee of Financial Aid:
My name is Jessica Anderson, and I am writing to you today to ask for some help. I am two classes short of my Associates degree, which I am taking here, and then transferring back to my South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. This will wipe out my General Education requirements, and I will then be considered to be of Junior standing. I understand that usually awards that are appealed are reserved for Juniors and Seniors, but since I am so close, in addition to my circumstances, I hope you can see that I very much need assistance.
I was originally awarded a significantly larger amount of money from FAFSA. It was reduced when I turned in my father’s tax return. To begin with, I would like to say that I have never applied for financial aid prior to this past January. I completed a great deal of community college coarse work when I was in high school through Running Start, and never really needed it. When January of 2005 rolled around, I applied with my father’s information.
I should tell you right now that I haven’t lived with my father since the summer for 2000. I have lived with my mother in Washington, and in 2000 with my father in California. He gave me his information because he was unaware that you need to apply with the parent you primarily live with, he believed it was the parent that had a higher income. My mother hasn’t had a stable job in several years, and my father hasn’t paid my mother child support for the past 3 years. He had been greatly cutting down the amount he gave her for a long time before he eventually stopped paying altogether in the spring, at which point my mother and I were evicted from our house, and moved into a low income housing apartment. My mother applied for bankruptcy almost a year and a half ago. She works odd jobs, sometimes for her church as a secretary, sometimes she teaches a sort of “spiritual learning” class, sometimes she gets paid as a “spiritual advisor”, and sometimes she drives our doctor’s children to and from school. She is trying so hard, and I really admire her for doing her best as a single parent of three. However, I really hope to continue my education so I may become someone who doesn’t struggle the way she has had to.
The extent to which my father has helped me is to send me ten dollars here, 15 dollars there from what he sells on eBay. He is supporting my brother and my grandfather in California right now, and claims he has nothing for me. He outright refuses to apply for the Parent Plus loan, and refuses to have his name on any money loaned to me; he is adamant. I got an eviction notice about two weeks ago, telling me to pay $2,400 or be escorted out of the building within three days. When I told me father this, he told me it wasn’t any of his business. He then gave me the copy of his tax return I had been begging for, for months, and said it should be sufficient. Housing told me they needed at least $400 as a sign that more money would be coming. His reaction was, “I’ll give you $200 and tell them that is all I have.” It may sound harsh, but I sincerely believe that my father stopped being my father, financially speaking, years ago. At this point, the money from financial aid was presumed to be ready for housing, and I am delaying them further by notifying them of this letter I am sending to you.
I hold a management position at work at Jack in the Box, I have been with them for a little over 2 and a half years. I make 9 dollars an hour, and this is after the 35 cent raise I acquired when I moved to Pullman. I failed two classes my last quarter at community college due to me needing to help my mother support the two of us, and swore to myself I would never sacrifice school for work ever again. As of now, I am enrolled in 15 credits, and received midterm grades with 3 A’s, 1 B, and 1 C. I am working a maximum of 20 hours a week at Jack in the Box, and about 8 hours a week in work study. I also have some previous credit card debt, which I have worked down to about $2,000. I have a barely-there balance right now, and am terrified of what will happen if something changes in my system. I make just enough to pay minimum credit card balances, my car insurance, and if I’m lucky maybe $40 extra for groceries and essentials.
In my initial award notification letter, I was awarded work study, and have been working since the first week of school. I love it there; I work at the front desk of my residence hall. I informed my boss (Stacey Bradeditch) of my loss of work study. She tells me she can keep me on until the end of the semester, and then she will most likely have to let me go.
I am not asking for pity, and I am definitely not asking for a full ride to college. However, I could really use some help. In addition to have no cosigner at all, I am not 20 yet. This means it is impossible for me to have 2 years or more of established credit, and that is the reason I have been given for loan I have personally applied for, and subsequently been turned down for. I don’t make a lot, but I make enough to support myself as far as credit debt, car insurance, food and gas goes. What I really need is just enough to get me through this year. In January, I will apply for financial aid with my mother’s information, and will be completely set for the 2007-2008 school year, especially considering what I have said above, of her financial situation. All I really need and want is a way to keep my work study job, and to be able to have the rest of my tuition and rent paid for. Anything else that I potentially would receive would go to my credit card debt, so that I may lower my hours at Jack in the Box, and concentrate about school more than burgers.
I really appreciate you listening to my circumstances and story, and I sincerely hope that it is as clear to you as it is to me, in regards to the amount of trouble I am in, and the help I so desperately need.
Thank you so much for your time, and I hope that my words leave a lasting mark on you and the rest of the committee.
Thank you again,
Jessica Anderson
Student Number: 10902480
To the Award Appeals Committee of Financial Aid:
My name is Jessica Anderson, and I am writing to you today to ask for some help. I am two classes short of my Associates degree, which I am taking here, and then transferring back to my South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. This will wipe out my General Education requirements, and I will then be considered to be of Junior standing. I understand that usually awards that are appealed are reserved for Juniors and Seniors, but since I am so close, in addition to my circumstances, I hope you can see that I very much need assistance.
I was originally awarded a significantly larger amount of money from FAFSA. It was reduced when I turned in my father’s tax return. To begin with, I would like to say that I have never applied for financial aid prior to this past January. I completed a great deal of community college coarse work when I was in high school through Running Start, and never really needed it. When January of 2005 rolled around, I applied with my father’s information.
I should tell you right now that I haven’t lived with my father since the summer for 2000. I have lived with my mother in Washington, and in 2000 with my father in California. He gave me his information because he was unaware that you need to apply with the parent you primarily live with, he believed it was the parent that had a higher income. My mother hasn’t had a stable job in several years, and my father hasn’t paid my mother child support for the past 3 years. He had been greatly cutting down the amount he gave her for a long time before he eventually stopped paying altogether in the spring, at which point my mother and I were evicted from our house, and moved into a low income housing apartment. My mother applied for bankruptcy almost a year and a half ago. She works odd jobs, sometimes for her church as a secretary, sometimes she teaches a sort of “spiritual learning” class, sometimes she gets paid as a “spiritual advisor”, and sometimes she drives our doctor’s children to and from school. She is trying so hard, and I really admire her for doing her best as a single parent of three. However, I really hope to continue my education so I may become someone who doesn’t struggle the way she has had to.
The extent to which my father has helped me is to send me ten dollars here, 15 dollars there from what he sells on eBay. He is supporting my brother and my grandfather in California right now, and claims he has nothing for me. He outright refuses to apply for the Parent Plus loan, and refuses to have his name on any money loaned to me; he is adamant. I got an eviction notice about two weeks ago, telling me to pay $2,400 or be escorted out of the building within three days. When I told me father this, he told me it wasn’t any of his business. He then gave me the copy of his tax return I had been begging for, for months, and said it should be sufficient. Housing told me they needed at least $400 as a sign that more money would be coming. His reaction was, “I’ll give you $200 and tell them that is all I have.” It may sound harsh, but I sincerely believe that my father stopped being my father, financially speaking, years ago. At this point, the money from financial aid was presumed to be ready for housing, and I am delaying them further by notifying them of this letter I am sending to you.
I hold a management position at work at Jack in the Box, I have been with them for a little over 2 and a half years. I make 9 dollars an hour, and this is after the 35 cent raise I acquired when I moved to Pullman. I failed two classes my last quarter at community college due to me needing to help my mother support the two of us, and swore to myself I would never sacrifice school for work ever again. As of now, I am enrolled in 15 credits, and received midterm grades with 3 A’s, 1 B, and 1 C. I am working a maximum of 20 hours a week at Jack in the Box, and about 8 hours a week in work study. I also have some previous credit card debt, which I have worked down to about $2,000. I have a barely-there balance right now, and am terrified of what will happen if something changes in my system. I make just enough to pay minimum credit card balances, my car insurance, and if I’m lucky maybe $40 extra for groceries and essentials.
In my initial award notification letter, I was awarded work study, and have been working since the first week of school. I love it there; I work at the front desk of my residence hall. I informed my boss (Stacey Bradeditch) of my loss of work study. She tells me she can keep me on until the end of the semester, and then she will most likely have to let me go.
I am not asking for pity, and I am definitely not asking for a full ride to college. However, I could really use some help. In addition to have no cosigner at all, I am not 20 yet. This means it is impossible for me to have 2 years or more of established credit, and that is the reason I have been given for loan I have personally applied for, and subsequently been turned down for. I don’t make a lot, but I make enough to support myself as far as credit debt, car insurance, food and gas goes. What I really need is just enough to get me through this year. In January, I will apply for financial aid with my mother’s information, and will be completely set for the 2007-2008 school year, especially considering what I have said above, of her financial situation. All I really need and want is a way to keep my work study job, and to be able to have the rest of my tuition and rent paid for. Anything else that I potentially would receive would go to my credit card debt, so that I may lower my hours at Jack in the Box, and concentrate about school more than burgers.
I really appreciate you listening to my circumstances and story, and I sincerely hope that it is as clear to you as it is to me, in regards to the amount of trouble I am in, and the help I so desperately need.
Thank you so much for your time, and I hope that my words leave a lasting mark on you and the rest of the committee.
Thank you again,
Jessica Anderson
Student Number: 10902480