NO more private loans!!!! How to finish school??

[Epona]

This is a disaster!! I am almost done nursing school and I contacted Sallie Mae to get my last loan for school and they no longer offer the tuition answer loan!! That has paid for me to got to nursing school! That is how I did it! I contacted Suntrust, but because I have not worked and have gone to school full time, they will not give me a loan because I am not working. I called my bank where I have been a member for YEARS and they will not give me a loan either because I am not working! I have money in my 401K, but if I take it I pay a HUGE penalty! I inquired about a private loan through the site My Rich Uncle, and due to the economy they too are no longer offering private loans. I have gotten all the money I can get from the school and that will pay for tuition, BUT that still leaves living expenses for another 6 months! That is what I used the private loan for... to pay for living expenses while in school. Thanks to the ecomony and the markets, these institutions are no longer offering these loans. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?? I have to pay bills to live. I can't stop nursing school now.. I am in the home stretch!! Thanks!!

[justme1972]

From my understanding, scholarships will help pay for tuition, but it will not solve her problem of paying for living expenses.

She can take the financial aid from the school to pay her living expenses and use the money from scholarships to pay her tuition.