Has anyone without a large amount of money found a way to go to college?
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I went to college with no financial assistance from grants/loans or my family.  Started at a 2-year community college, working full-time and taking classes at night.  Transferred to a full university, still working full time and squeezing in classes in the morning/evening, doing homework in the middle of the night, and not getting much sleep.  It took me 6 years to get my first degree that way, but I made it.  Went on to get 2 graduate degrees, all while working full time.\n\nYou don't need a full ride or tons of money to get a college education -- you just need desire and willpower (and a lot of caffeine!). :)
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There are a few sources for locating scholarships for free. There are many scholarships out there so do not give up hope of locating one. However, it is pretty competitive.\n\nFirst, I recommend applying in January or as early as you can with FAFSA.ed.gov because it will help you tap into need based financial aid from the federal government and college.\n\nSecond, if you will be attending a college within your state, instate students can get grants if they are a resident of it. It can be located by searching your state government's website.\n\nThird, your high school guidance office, if a currently a high school student, has a list of local scholarships for its students.\n\nFourth, the college financial aid office and website has a list of private scholarships from companies and organizations. Sometimes your potential major will have a list of scholarships listed on its web page, too.\n\nFinally, there are free membership scholarship search websites, and I recommend joining several of them. Most are updated on a regular basis.\n\nGood luck!
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fail at least one class? couldn't go to school without financial help?  Not sure what you are wanting so I am just throwing things out
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About a kajillion...check with financial aid at your school - they got the hook-up...
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Probably.  check with your local employement office to see if they offer vocational retraining grants.  Also call the hospitals and see if they know of anything.  With the critical shortage, I'm sure their is money, you just have to find it.\n\nThere are tons of scholarships that go unclaimed each year. Many $400, $500 or $1000 scholarships never even get applied for because people think it's chump change and not worth applying for. Well, get a few of those $500 scholarships and it'll really make a dent in your tuition bill.\n\nDo a search on scholarships, search your major, your ethnic heritage, your town, your employer, hobbies, high school, local chamber of commerce/rotary/lion's club etc. \n\nGo to the library and ask the reference librarian for a reference book on scholarships. They usually have more than one. There are all kinds of scholarships out there, you just have to start applying yourself and make it your summer career to send out letters everyday for scholarships. Good luck!
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Did you apply for FAFSA and scholarships?   That's the only way to do it.
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That is impossible to answer due to the way financial aid is given in private schools.  Even at the University I teach at, which is public, there is a huge range of actual costs.  Some people pay nothing at all, such as West Virginia Promise Scholars.  Others pay full tuition which is often tremendous.  For example, you could go to West Virginia Wesleyan or Wheeling Jesuit and pay quite a bit or very little.\n\nWhat you need to do is fill out the Federal financial aid form at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.  The cost of tuition will be partially driven by the answer there.  You need to call all accredited programs in the two states.  In private colleges you can at least partially ignore the stated tuition.  That is the highest amount they will charge.  They often waive part for students without the means to pay.  Often the most expensive schools, if you were rich, are the least expensive for the poor, assuming they want you.\n\nThis question is person specific and cannot be answered on the web.
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Your least expensive option (assuming you don't have financial aid or grants) will almost always be your public state schools, your local colleges (saving money by living with your parents is a big help!), and sometimes nearby religious colleges.  If you qualify for financial aid, it is supposed to be the same across all colleges - meaning if you have to pay $5000 for your local college, you'd also only have to pay $5000 for Yale if you got in.  Of course, the proportion of grant money to loans may be different too . . .
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Try your college office for local scholarships specific to the degree your seeking.  Then explore other scholarships such as these below.  Then you can also increase the amount of financial aid you recieve by requesting for that increase based on additional expenses you incur such as car repair, raise in childcare, gas to and from childcare, medical expenses, dental expenses, necessary items you would need to pay for that in some way relate to helping you complete your education.  There are also ethnic based scholarships where there is need.  The way to approach it is that looking for these scholarships is your part time job.  It pays if you keep looking.  Prioritize the larger payouts versus the smaller ones.  And Keep up the good work, it's not easy doing what your doing!
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I am a freshman at a North Carolina university and I am not having to pay for college simply because i knew how to get scholarships.  All you have to do is take a trip your guidance counselor and ask for every scholarship form they have on hand. Then after you have those filled out and sent in go back and ask for more because many scholarship forms come out at different times. Do whatever you can; write letters, get recommendations; call scholarship committees, and request interviews. I'm sure if you are persistent in this and try hard you will do it with these simple idea's...Good luck!
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Check out these websites below.\n\nhttp://www.fafsa.com/\nhttp://www.lunch-money.com/\nhttp://fastweb.com/\n      \nLoans are the biggest thing out there, but there is money to obtain that you don't have too pay back. I got a few grants so somethings better than nothing. The thing is YOU have to look around and find them. There arer alot. Also you might want to talk to your advisors at your school about grants they offer for your specific major. Those help as well. GOOD LUCK HOMIE.
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Yes there are.  Just go to www.fastweb.com.  It's a wonderful site that caters just to students looking for grants and scholarships.  You just check the boxes that apply to you and the web site generated them and alerts you of the scholarships that best fit to you!
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I doubt that you'll find many colleges that can exist financially with 100 students or less.  But good luck with that. \n\nThe link below will take you to CollegeView, a "search engine" of sorts for colleges.  Perhaps you can narrow your search according to your preferences there.
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Yes, there are Education Loans for college available if you qualify.\n\nHere are the links:\n\nhttp://www.fasfa.com/\n\nhttp://www.fafsaonline.com/\n\nhttp://www.schoolwork.org/fafsa.html
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Try your community college.  They give student assistance for low income residents.
552114
why don't you try college...like a community college would be cheap.