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My husband is in the same boat as you with DCCCD. I did all my pre-reqs with them for the past 3 years and have never had a problem. This year they must have changed things up because he can never get any answers, they lost his application and we STILL don't know if he will get any financial aid and classes start in 2 days! I've had issues with their financial aid before and had to go in to my home campus and make them speak to me face-to-face. He did that a few weeks ago and got the applications worked out, but not the financial aid stuff yet.
It's frustrating.....
OH. MY. GOODNESS. At least now I know I'm not alone. My husband and I are BOTH enrolled in school, but my husband just transffered from TCC.. I am trying to finish up my pre-reqs and support courses for the Brookhaven program. I FEEL YOU.. We had to borrow $750 just to make payment arrangments so they didn't drop our classes. It's the middle of September and we STILL. DO. NOT. HAVE. OUR. MONEY! I'm so sick. We have been living like homeless people for 2 wks now with barely scrapping by while we wait for our money. My husband hasn't even gotten an award letter!! We were supposed to move this weekend (they way it was planned) but it didn't happen, and I'm at my witts end. Is anyone else out there having problems STILL?
I sure will! We have 4 girls (2 are toddlers) and this is just rough. We are both taking online classes, but it's over 2 wks into school now and neither one of us have all our books. My husband has had 2 assignments due in a class that he can't afford the access code to. It's not like he can go to the school and copy the chapters either.. (thought of that) since they are online books.
Let me know if your husband gets his. It's a little stressful since we had already started packing and now we can't even move because we can't afford it!
My application is already in at Brookhaven... I have looked into it well. I'm just wondering if there are loan options at Brookhaven besides Direct loans. If I can't get enough with direct loans and private loans aren't an option, I plan to work my butt off to support myself and pay for it (as well as live like a monk).
working2b#1
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omg....where do I begin?
DCCCD has changed their FA system and centralized their FA office. I'm speechless because I tried two weeks to speak with someone and the phone lines are busy M-F from 7am-7pm. This terrible system that they have implemented has created a terrible backlog and processing of FA. This means, I am in a terrible bind and may have to drop a class because I don't know if I qualify for FA. This is a nightmare since courses begin Monday 8/29! Who really has extra money hanging around when we are in a freaking recession? I know I don't. Oh well, it's totally out of my hands and I've done absolutely all that I can do.