College Cost Venting

sunray12 · Feb 13, 2009

Your post is a little long. There are paragraph breaks and other punctuation you can use to make it more readable if you want to get your point across.

If you money is so tight for you then why are you doing so much traveling? And if your family lives in Mass then why not go back there for now. You can live with them for low cost or for free and take advantage of instate tuition. Community college is tuition is reasonable. If you live with family you can afford to get a part time job and use the money to pay for part time school. Just something you probably need to think about.

mitakashi · Feb 13, 2009

I was doing it to vent... hence why i put venting up top and i appologized for the gramar "excuse my gramar and stuff but im to frustrated to worry about it. /I]" The reason im not in mass is because it was cheaper for me to go to a university in hawaii then it was for me to go to a college in massachusetts. and unless its a state school in mass then the instate tuition is same as out of state. trust me, i looked into it. i also mentioned that me and my family arnt too friendly with eachother right now. and the reason I'm traveling is becaus thru the national student exchange program i get to pay these schools in state tuition which was less then it would have cost me for hawaii's out of state tuition which is still less then mass's in state tuition. And I want a part time job but there are none available on campus and there are none around campus that i can get to. pretty sure i explained allll of this in my post. i can go in and quote it if you want? And if i do community college its going to be 5 years before i get my bachelors and im already 2 years invested in college and if i go back to hilo it will only be 3 more years.... not to mention if i do part time schooling that all my loans will kick in because i have to be a full time student or i have to pay off the loans and once again i put VENTING in the title, meaning this is stuff i need to get off my chest....so unless theres anything you can do to help please dont go making assumptions that i havnt thought of every possible option, i posted to get this off my chest and maybe to get well thought out advice or help getting a scholarship.

RN BSN 2009 · Feb 13, 2009

What about student loans?

mitakashi · Feb 13, 2009

I have like 23,000 in student loans and still have 3 years of college left and i cant find any scholarships because i dont qualify for any of the ones i can find

tfleuter, BSN, RN · Feb 14, 2009

So, you have 23K in student loans in less than 2 years of college, that means one of two things: Either you have been going to a fairly expensive school, or you have been a little to unwise with your spending habits. Either way, you need to step back and evaluate your situation.

If you can somehow figure out how to move across the country to go to another school, you can figure out how to move to another part of town and get a job. Sounds like you need to take a break from school and get on your feet again. At the very least, look for a location near a community college in a city with a well established bus route and some employment opportunities. You can take a some pre-req classes while you work full time and either build up a savings or pay for college as you go. Believe it or not, people do find a way to go to college without taking out student loans.

And I know this may strike a nerve for you, but you need to get off this pity party you have going on for yourself. I know, that's harsh, but you are an adult. Your parents aren't required to financially support you anymore. You are young and only have to care for yourself. If you need to, you can go work 80 hours a week have no children/dependents to look after or worry about uprooting to find a job.

Slow down on debt, b/c at this rate you will be graduating with a debt load that will really be kicking you in the pants, even with a fairly well paying job in nursing. No, you probably don't qualify for a lot of grants or scholarships right now, so you'll have to pay for your education. It will be worth it as long as you are willing to put in the grunt work! I know you are frustrated, and everything seems to be working agaisnt you, but you just need to take a step back and re-evaluate your situation.

mitakashi · Feb 14, 2009

Ok... Im going to say this one last time... I put Venting in the title because I needed to VENT, wow, there's a shocker of a concept. I needed to get some stuff off my chest. And once I get back to Hilo I can find a job but I am currently in Missouri and I just got here and there are NO jobs on campus and NO jobs available around campus so until i get back to Hilo in may i wont have a job. Now I'll say this again for the 2nd or 3rd time, the cost of me attending college in Hilo is less then if i had stayed in Massachusetts. Amherst College in state tuition in mass is $37,622 annually. Bay state college in state is $19,350 and $11,130 room and board. Boston College is $37,950 in state tuition with $11,610 room and board. And all these prices are for the general cost, not the nursing program costs and thats without the costs of books and supplies. For me to go to hilo its $12,880 out of state tuition and $7,014 housing. Hey look, its cheaper then 90% of the colleges in Mass as I said before. And once again... the reason I went on exchange to different parts of the country is because IT COST LESS MONEY THEN STAYING IN HILO. Because through this program I get to pay these schools in state tuition. So I if i only have 23,000 in loans and i should have about 40,000 right now that obviously I'm not wasting my money on trivial things. Hey look, the cost of my 2 years or college is about the price of ! year in Mass... And for the 3rd time now, if i stop going to college full time then my loans will kick in and I will have to pay them off, so on top of paying that off I have to pay for housing, and food, and any other college classes, so unless I have a job makin at least $15-$20 a hour its not going to work. So please, unless there is something you can do to actually help like if you know of some scholarships or something, then let me VENT... and if you don't want to listen to the "pity party" then don't click on a thread that says Venting at the top. I wanted to get this off my chest so i could feel better, not get more aggravated. At the very least you can write about some hard times that you went through and how you got through them instead of telling me what i should or should not do. I've traveled across the country since I was 18 all alone with no support system monetarily or mentally and I'm still afloat so i think I'm doing pretty good for myself. But if I have to get something off my chest then let me.

tfleuter, BSN, RN · Feb 14, 2009

I've traveled across the country since I was 18 all alone with no support system monetarily or mentally and I'm still afloat so i think I'm doing pretty good for myself.

Vent away. It's one of the uses for this board. If you don't want advice, then ignore it. But obviously you are NOT doing so well because you have already stated:

You have no money

You have little food --> See below

You have no job

You have no support system

You can't seem to find a fulfilling relationship

You have only one close friend in HI, but you don't think she is close to you

You are isolating yourself from your peers

You don't have any peanut butter

If you think this is doing well for yourself, then I urge you to have higher aspirations. Yours does not sound like a happy life right now and only you can change that. Again, vent all you want, but you still have the same problems after you are done and blowing off any advice (besides how to get scholarship money) isn't going to help you. Your problems are much bigger than needing a scholarship.

As for your food situation: Have you looked into programs such as the Angel Food Ministeries? For $30 bucks you can buy a box of food that will last you close to a month. Everyone qualifies and there's no minimum purchase.

http://www.angelfoodministries.com/

kathleenincal · Mar 1, 2009

wow. i'm a new california cna and havent even found a job yet; tho im applying daily, let alone money for college and i'm not complaining about no money. im totally broke with a car payment as my unemployment ran out.

somehow I know God will provide. just hope He moves alittle quicker.

take care all.