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I don't work, and this is how I do it: I got on every kind of assistance that I could get on: foodstamps, section 8 housing, etc. I applied for pell grants, and I also applied for a program with the unemployment office(The Texas Workforce here) It's called WIA....they pay for all of your tuition, books, uniforms, shoes, student insurance, they even send you a check twice a month for gas. They are able to arrange for you to keep every single cent of your pell grant money to pay bills while you are in school. Also, i did manage to have an ok savings before i started school. I saved for about a year....I am doing fine. It's certainly doable...but so is working and going to school at the same time...I've seen both sides. Just depends on how bad you want it.
jae82301
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How can you guys afford to go to school full time? how do yoy pay for school and living expenses?