ANy single mothers out ther attending college, how much financial aid have you received?
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i am a 32 yr old single mom who gets $2000.00 per quarter.
712575
try HEAP for aid for heating bills,go to social services department at your downtown county building or look in the blue pages of your phone book. \n  My sister formerly used such services,as she was and still is a single mother with 3 children and has used assistance for milk,cheese,etc..cannot remember the service she used.\n  Your income is your qualifier,I don't think that child support is included as income,at least it is not used as income for tax purposes.\n  Children will eat you out of house and home,if you don't apply for something,and i am sure you cannot depend on your own business with the economical fluctuations which can be cyclical. \n  Good luck..no one should have to choose between money for food and/or rent or clothes on your back.\n  Also make sure you apply for the school lunch program for your children to receive free or reduced lunches depending..again on your income.\n  I used to live in New York and grew up there,my own mother was a single mom,and I remember receiving reduced lunches at school..although I remember selling my lunch tokens for cash..lol.\n  please ignore all the snobbish comments from Rich bratty Republicans who don't know what it is like to have to struggle to make ends meet.
607125
im not quite sure about #1 because the times have varied slightly when ive applied for mine...\n\nfor the second answer youll know how much help youre getting because you get a letter in the mail stating how much youre getting etc...\n\nyour classes wont be dropped but if financial aid doesnt cover them your liable to pay the school before you can go your next semester (atleast at mine its that way)
998559
my husband is the only income coming into our house and he makes $10 per hour and we manage to do just fine with a family of 4. Most people cant live on $22,000 a year....we are considered below poverty level but we always have food on the table and our bills are always paid never late.....but I have a higher financial advisor and his name is GOD.....have you tried getting a grant at the local college...that is if you have a local college....I wanted to be a medical transcriptionist and heard I could get a grant at out local college....
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Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov. If you are a single mother you will brobally have a low enouth EFC(expected family contribution) to receive the entire PELL grant which is 4025 a year when attending full time.
81719
You will qualify for a grant.I am 26 and I am in college right now. I appilied for as many federal grants as I could and got financial aid and I work. I don't have to pay no loans or nothing. I forgot the name of the site that I got the grants but I googled it and you should to.Look for free federal grants they have all kinds of grants. Single parent, minority grants,education ect. go to the site below for financial aid.
400570
I never thought I would go to grad school...it was hard enough making it through undergrad as a single mom. But here I am, in grad school! In class actually, and STILL on YA!!! Lol!
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My parents didn't help me. first i went to a junior college and financial aid paid for some of it, i got a job at the school but mostly i borrowed money- loans. Now i go to a community college and it's about 2,200 per semester plus about 400 for books, lucky me financial aid and tap pays for it. Maybe it's too late to apply for a scholarship but not for grants, try getting your GPA up and try to get a scholarship for the next semester. Or get a job to help you out. But one thing is for sure, education is important and you can always pay you're loans back after you graduate and if you don't find a job after wards they will defer (meaning you don't have to pay it) until you get a job. So i say, go to school.
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There are a lot of financial aid programs for low income families.  I get enough financial aid to pay for all of my college expenses.  Talk to a financial aid counselor at a college that your son might want to go to and they can tell you how much financial aid you can recieve.  Also, there are so colleges that will pay all of your tuition in your do workstudy.  I know there are two colleges in Kentucky, Alice Lloyd College and Berea College, that will pay for you to go to school if you do a work study job.
89745
Go to your financial aid office.  Go to your school counselor.  Research the internet, there is a TON of stuff -- but you have to filter out the junk.  It took me a few months, but I researched nursing scholarships and ended up applying to over 20 and receiving 5!  Good luck!
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Go to the school; they will help you with the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). This will include the Pell Grant, Federal loans, work study, etc. Make sure you get this done by the deadlines posted at the school, because the state grants have different deadlines and they are applied for automatically when you apply for the other.\n\nIf you, as a single mother, have earned less then $30,000 last year, you will qualify for a full Federal Pell Grant.
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Once you get into the school you get an inside track to scholarships, but when you are still on the outside looking in it can be very difficult to compete for the few within the school that are available.\n\nI don't want to leave you without hope though. If scholarships do not materialize and the local public school is unacceptable, consider homeschooling. It is not the easiest road as a single, working mom, but it is definitely doable. There were two single moms right here in our homeschool group. Both moms have graduated their kids to college now. The kids have all turned out great! They worked directly with their kids in the evenings and weekends. During the workday, their kids worked independently. Lots of homeschool curriculum is designed for independent use by the student - video and/or computer instruction, the lessons talk directly to the student instead of having a script for the teacher to read to them, etc.\n\nHomeschool curriculum can be bought used for a low price and at the end of the year sold without loss in value so long as the kids took good care of them. That money then can go back into buying what is needed for the next year. Many homeschool support groups even run curriculm swaps and lending libraries.
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I have been taking on-line courses for about a year now. (Business Adminastration) I am taking them though the local college. I checked out the on-line at other places and their cost was 3 times as much as our local college. Yes, you can get financial aid for these, but it is no where near the amount that it will cost you. ADVISE: Get out of the one you found on the internet, and go to your local college, take the on-line courses through them. Your Financial aid will cover these. Books and all!!!
837747
I have lived in your shoes. I worked to get myself through college as a single mom.  We were broke for so long, it was hard.  There were many times when quitting school seemed like a great idea and I was pushed to do it.  \n\nI stuck it out and today I have a masters degree.  I have a good job and the ability to get an even better one.  My children lived through the times when going to McDonalds was not in the budget.  Today they enjoy Caribbean cruises and dine out all the time.  We live in a rather nice home and have enough disposable income to supply the "extras".  \n\nI did get re-married, however I finished my degree first.  I am so glad that my children have seen first hand the value of education. \n\nStick with it, focus on one semester at a time.  You CAN do this!!
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That number means that your Expected Family Contribution is $0 (put another way, this means you are a "full need" student).  \n\nHowever, it should be emphasized that this does not mean that 100% of your schooling will be paid for. Many FAFSA applicants mistakenly believe that a $0 EFC (or very low EFC) means that the school or the government will cover the remainder.  This is not the case.  Most colleges do not have the means to meet all their students' full need through scholarships, and almost all of the Federal awards have limits that often fall short of tuition costs. \n\nHere is a sample financial aid package for a $0 EFC student (this assumes that you are a first-year dependent undergraduate student):\n\n-- $2,626 Stafford Loan\n-- $4,050 Pell Grant\n-- up to $4,000 (max.) Perkins Loan *\n-- up to $4,000 (max.) SEO Grant *\n-- a Federal Work-Study Award (FWS) -- from as low as a few hundred $ up to your unmet need *\n\n* {These funds are allotted at the school's discretion. These days, there is never enough SEOG, Perkins, and FWS to go around, so it is uncommon for schools to award students to their maximum eligibility.  While a student *could* be eligible for a great deal of Work-Study, most schools impose limits of a few thousand at most.}\n\n-- Your home-state may offer additional grants/loans to their residents. These awards are based on financial need, but check the criteria before expecting these funds to be part of your package. \n-- scholarships from your school (amounts very greatly and may not be based on your financial need but, rather, academic performance, etc.)\n\nLook at these awards in light of your tuition costs.  If you are planning on attending a low-cost school, it is possible that your financial need will be met with this package.  However, the average undergraduate student's financial aid package won't meet the cost of a private school education and you will need to seek out private/outside scholarships, appeal for additional scholarship from your school, or borrow a non-federal loan to supplement your aid package.\n\n{Just in case you aren't an undergrad... As a grad student, your $0 EFC would make you eligible for up to $18,500 in Federal Stafford loan funds and up to $6,000 in Perkins loan funds.  Graduate students are not eligible for Pell or SEOG.}
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I AM A COLLEGE STIDENT WITH THREE KIDS AND I APPLIED AT FAFSA GRANT WWW.FAFSA.GOV AND IT WILL PAY FOR THE CLASSES AND BOOKS AND ACCORDING TO YOUR INCOME YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. I LOVE IT.
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depends.  \n\nfill out the FAFSA online at fafsa.ed.gov. and submit to the schools you are looking at.  Depending on what funds they have available, what you are eligible for will determine the package you get.  People usually are eligible for more than they think!