I have a financial Aid problem?
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Of course you can! If you are a US citizen or permanent resident, you can apply for financial aid.\n\nIf your parents were not required to file a tax return and thus did not file, it's not like FAFSA requires them to. You just mark on your FAFSA "will not file" on the question regarding a tax return. Then you must still provide information for any income earned from working, or untaxed income such as disability benefits.\n\nGo to www.fafsa.ed.gov and apply right away if you plan on attending the Spring 2007 semester (Jan-May07) or the Summer 2007 semester. If you won't be starting till Aug07 (the 07-08 school year) then you must wait till after Jan 1, 2007 to complete the 07-08 FAFSA.\n\nIf you have any further questions, your best bet is to contact your school's Financial Aid Office. The people there are trained to answer your financial aid questions.
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I just filled out fin. aid forms for summer 05-06 and 06-07 full year\nI can't find the forms right now but I did find the phone #  \ncall 1 800 433 3243   it is the fed stud. aid info. center you can talk to real person,    and then they can give the web site to you, you can also get the forms if you want to hand fill out at your local college.
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contact their customer service.  Call the university and speak with someone and they will be able to help you.  Their site must be having some problems.
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Quit the jobs. Get the student loans and grants. Apply an appeal letter to the financial aid office. Focus on your study.
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i was waiting for my financial aid award letter last fall and when it didn't come i called the financial aid office at my university.  they said i am not eligible for financial aid because i am an illegal alien.  i said i and NOT an illegal alien, i was born in Minnesota.  their response was to tell me to bring in my green card showing that i was born in Minnesota and then i would get my money.  apparently they think Minnesota is in a different country or something.  makes me really debate the value of my degree from this institution.
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You should go to your financial aid office at school.  You should be elligable for federal student loans.  However, you will not get enough to pay for your school and pay off your credit cards.  It doesn't work that way.  If you are going to get a student loan you college has to tell the bank that it is ok for you to get that amount.  So go to or call your college's financial aid office.
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You can apply for stafford loans or private loans within your school.. go to the Financial Aid office and they should be able to help you out.
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My tuition will run about $3000 a year including books and classes, fees etc. I own my home so I can't count room and board. I get no financial aid, it is all paid with my paychecks.
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If your talking about an application fee generally those are not refundable. If it is tuition then I would just make a huge fuss about it until they gave in and just gave you your money back to shut you up. However if you didn't let them know you weren't attending and didn't try to get your money back until in the middle of the semester than it is your fault and they don't have to give it back.
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I work in the Financial Aid Office at Northwestern University. I've seen many of these such letters, and as far as I know there really is no set format. Just state your situation as clearly as you can, citing examples, and be clear about what you want. Also, be very grateful, because often an increased financial aid award means depleting University funds. Simply illustrate, as eloquently and concisely as possible, why you need more aid, and thank them profusely for their help.
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Did you at least get *something?*  If you got something and it simply wasn't enough, there are any number of reasons why you didn't get enough.\n\n1.  Loan/grant limits.  It is possible that, even if you have been given everything they have to give, the funding just doesn't exist.  Every federal program has limits.  Pell grants are capped at $4050 for full-time students; Stafford loans are capped at $2625 for Freshmen; Perkins loans and SEO Grants are capped at $4,000 for undergrads (and not all schools can offer Perkins or SEOG, and those who CAN often don't have enough of it to give the maximum).\n\n2.  Dependency status.  If you are an undergrad, are under 24, are unmarried (without kids), and are not a veteran or an orphan, you have to include your parents information on your FAFSA.  Your EFC, which is used to determine your eligibility for aid, is based on the income and assets of both you and your parents.  If your EFC exceeds the cost of your attendance, you probably aren't eligible for much more than an Unsub. Stafford Loan.  To find out what your EFC is, check your FAFSA results (on the SAR or "Student Aid Report" that you would have received after you filed the FAFSA) or call your Financial Aid Office.\n\n3.  Your enrollment status.  Many financial aid programs are limited to half-time or full-time students.  If you're not taking enough credits, you might be eligible for a lot less than a student taking a full credit load.\n\n4.  Accreditation.  It's possible that your school isn't allowed to administer student aid programs, or that they are only allowed to administer *some* of those programs, like Pell and Stafford only.\n\n5.  You might have made an error on your FAFSA that makes you look more wealthy than you are.  This happens a lot but can be corrected.  Go over your FAFSA results carefully to make sure that you didn't add in any numbers that shouldn't be there.\n\nNot every school has the means to meet every student's financial need. You or your parents can borrow a PLUS loan or a private loan to cover what your Federal and institutional financial aid package does not cover.  Visit this site for a list of reputable education loan lenders: http://www.finaid.org/loans/privatestudentloans.phtml
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call the financial aid office at any university
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Have you already filed an appeal with financial aid. Sometimes, that works in getting more aid. If you have tried that already, you can inquire about scholarships. You can ask your financial aid dept. to assist you with this. If you are still short on tuition, you could work to pay for the classes and take only the amount of classes that you can pay for in each semester. Otherwise, loans are whats left.
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go to your schools financial aid department and ask for assistance
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well, you probably mean financial aid?  spelled aid not aide.  I assume your grades arent that great, so that avenue is out, maybe you are poor or a minority, you could try that card.
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I might suggest talking to the Financial aid folks at the University that you are interested. At least they might be able to point you in the right direction.
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Federal Aid is always your best option.  Even if you are not interested in the loans the the Department of Education provides, most scholarship organizations (including *colleges* that offer scholarships as part of their financial aid packages) are going to require you to file a FAFSA (to demonstrate your financial need).  Your loan default (I'm assuming here that your default was on a Federal loan) will show up on your FAFSA, plain as day and preclude you from obtaining further federal aid... that is, until you clean up your record.\n\nAs such, you need to resolve your default (not simply because you need Fin. Aid now but because a loan default will haunt you and your credit report for years).  Once you are out of default (which usually means making a certain number of on-time payments), you will again be eligible for Federal Aid and you will be much better off.  In fact...\n\nIf you are an independent student seeking your first undergraduate degree, you will not only be eligible for federal loans but grant aid as well (depending on your financial need).\n\nIf you choose not to resolve your default: there are private loan companies will still give you a loan.  You can do simple internet searches for education loans, but to make sure that the company you choose is legitimate, check with your college Financial Aid administrator. If you *must* go this route, it is in your best interest to pay attention to interest rates and repayment terms (remember: your loan default affects your credit which in turn affects the rate that you receive on your private loan).\n\nGood luck!