Financial aid complaints...consider yourself warned
Why won't UMass give me any money? Why is my Estimated Family Contribution so high if my family doesn't actually have the money to put towards my education? I just don't understand. Is it because my parents have begun saving for retirement so they have a good amount of money in a 401K? I think that makes the EFC higher, but that doesn't make sense to me because that money is FOR THEIR RETIREMENT...therefore it is not actually available for my education. Also, I got spoiled in high school because I went to a small school and I knew that I could pretty much get every scholarship I applied for. Well this year I applied for like four or five scholarships through comcol and I didn't receive a single one. I also feel like comcol should send out letters thanking people for the application but saying that they didn't get it. Because they just don't send you anything if you don't get the scholarship, so I had to call the office to find out if the recipients have already been notified. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I have a great GPA, a pretty good record of community service, a steady job, and I'm just a generally good person, damnit. What else am I supposed to do to get your stupid money, comcol? I even tell people good things about you and I stick up for you when people say that being in comcol is a waste of time. I attend your pizzas and profs and your weekly wednesday workshops, this is the second year I will be an outgoing orientation leader for your labor day orientation, and both years I've been at UMass I have volunteered to call incoming freshmen who have been accepted into the honors program to congratulate them and ask if they have any questions...I do this all because I love being in ComCol...I'm thankful for what it has done for me and I want to give back when I can.
Okay, now I need to calm down. Even though there is basically no money left for me to go to college there are things called loans. This is my first year taking out loans, so I know I should consider myself lucky. Many of my friends are already into a lot of debt. So I am going to stop being greedy and be thankful for what I do have. I just hope I can afford to study abroad. If I need to be paying off loans for years to come in order to do it, I am more than willing. Let's do this.
Okay, now I need to calm down. Even though there is basically no money left for me to go to college there are things called loans. This is my first year taking out loans, so I know I should consider myself lucky. Many of my friends are already into a lot of debt. So I am going to stop being greedy and be thankful for what I do have. I just hope I can afford to study abroad. If I need to be paying off loans for years to come in order to do it, I am more than willing. Let's do this.