Reducing my options?
I'm not going to comment on the health care bills, I haven't read enough yet.
I do have the feeling, however, that I'm gonna get screwed on the "Student loan reform" portion of what passed last night. At first glance, eliminating private-loan subsidies greatly reduces the number of school funding options that I'm going to have, come this fall. Looks like I need to do a little more digging to figure out the effects I'm going to have to deal with. I know I sure as hell don't qualify for Pell Grants (nor should I, I work damn hard and make a decent amount of money). The problem is, I don' make *enough* money to pay for both my upcoming schooling and my household overhead. Flexible financing options are what I need, preferably interest deferred, and at first glance, I'm losing quite a few of those options.
Hopefully I'm not as screwed as I think I am, but somehow I'm thinking this isn't the case.
I do have the feeling, however, that I'm gonna get screwed on the "Student loan reform" portion of what passed last night. At first glance, eliminating private-loan subsidies greatly reduces the number of school funding options that I'm going to have, come this fall. Looks like I need to do a little more digging to figure out the effects I'm going to have to deal with. I know I sure as hell don't qualify for Pell Grants (nor should I, I work damn hard and make a decent amount of money). The problem is, I don' make *enough* money to pay for both my upcoming schooling and my household overhead. Flexible financing options are what I need, preferably interest deferred, and at first glance, I'm losing quite a few of those options.
Hopefully I'm not as screwed as I think I am, but somehow I'm thinking this isn't the case.