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[nekoti]

Made it into school! (again.) though apparently my father makes too much money, even though I dont live with him, so I was denied grants and funds form the government. If I raised an entire pigeon roost up on my roof, I wouldn't have enough birds to give to 'the man' so I just seethe. (HAH! Tricky

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[fiamma]

You should still be able to take out Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan.

With just my mom listed as my sole parent on my FAFSA, it calculates that my mom should be able to pay for all my tuition and living expenses. Those come up to about 13k @ Portland Community College... but the Financial aid calculator says she should be able to pay up to 20k for that amount of time. Which simply isn't true. Even though she makes a lot she still has a car payment, rent... which in Vegas is crazy, and has two other children... one is in college. The other is living with her.

So yeah. Suck ass. Basically I'm taking out 3k a year and my mom is paying the rest with a Parent Plus loan. From what I understand, with each successfully completed year I'm in school the amount I'm allowed to take out will increase. Which is nice but I'm working on getting scholarships that way I don't have so much to pay back. By the time I have mt masters in 2011 I'm going to have enough debt to last a life time going at this rate. I don't even want to think about what it's going to cost if I decide to get my doctorate.

[fiamma]

I was thinking about you the other day. Where are you? I haven't seen you in about three years...