I was given the link to an awesome thread about auto scholarships…but even the full ride ones don’t pay for the fees. The fees would still be a few thousand per year…So can someone please post if they’ve found a scholarship that also pays the fees?
If you haven read all the links in this thread, do so.
Also, you should expect that you will be laying at least a student contribution to attend college. This can be several thousand dollars a year.
You can earn this money by having a job as a student, in the summers and on school vacations, and during school as well.
In your other thread, you mentioned not being able to submit FAFSA, but you mentioned that you will be using HOPE. Don’t you have to submit FAFSA in order to qualify for HOPE? Isn’t it a req’t?
How much can you and your parents pay annually for your college costs? That is THE most important question.
As noted above…your parents file a tax return…so the government already has all the financial info about them. Their IRS tax return is what is linked to the FAFSA.
If you or your parents want a personal loan, the loan agency is going to want far more information than the FAFSA wants.
@thumper1 I have read that thread and the threads that’re linked on it, but thanks for your advice.
@mom2collegekids Nope. They have an alternative called gsfapps; it just requires your parents driver licenses’ numbers.
A number of these include fees, for example the Louisiana colleges:
@BobWallace Thank you, I will double check those.
What is the issue about not filing FAFSA, what is your home state, what are your stats?
@Madison85 Weren’t you on my other post? Then you know the answers. I still don’t know why you searched for my test score LOL What strange questions.
Why is it strange to ask for someones test scores when they are asking about scholarships??
If you are National Merit Texas Tech pays 100% including personal expenses and transportation can’t bet that!
I don’t believe there’s any full ride scholarship that covers everything. If so, it would have to be a program like Questbridge, but you’d have to be low income and file paperwork to get it. I think some colleges require students to file FAFSA and/or the CSS profile to receive their scholarships, so make sure you check requirements for each school before you apply.
If your family refuses to file financial aid paperwork, it’s going to make it more difficult for you to get your costs covered. Schools aren’t going to hand their money to people who aren’t paying taxes, for instance, so if they require FAFSA or tax info. those scholarships won’t be available to students who don’t have the proper documentation. If you can find a school who will auto award based on stats, you’ll likely still have a student contribution. You can pay that by working. Many people have worked full-time while attending college full-time, but since you can’t get the federal student loans and may not be able to borrow any money on your own, you may need to work for a year or two first to save up your contribution.
Texas Tech’s NMF scholarship does.
Thank you, @BobWallace. Does that cover travel expenses, books, and personal expenses for the year too? How would a student who couldn’t afford to pay (for plane tickets, etc) up
front be able to pay? It would be simple enough to give them a credit at the college bookstore, but how would they pay for travel? Does the school send them a check?
^Any reason the student can’t work part-time during the school year and full time the summer before school starts, and save the money earned?
Agreed…about working. If a college is funding $25,000 a year or more, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect the student to work, and contribute something.
“The scholarship will cover mandatory tuition fees, room, board, books, transportation and personal or miscellaneous expenses.”
I believe the school deposits funds into the student’s bank account. They pay $2300 a year for transportation and $2800 for personal expenses. It is a very generous scholarship!
I don’t know. On another thread he didn’t seem against working, but in this thread it looks like he needs more costs covered. Work would probably cover books and personal expenses, but not fees or health insurance if he needs it. OP isn’t filling out FAFSA, so won’t get the student loans.
Some schools don’t have high fees. One of my daughter’s fees are about $700 per semester and DD#2’s are $325. I think DD#2’s fees are the only thing on her bill that didn’t increase.
Here are some examples of scholarships that include tuition and fees:
http://www.famu.edu/Scholarships/New_Scholarship%20Criteria%20Flyer_2015-2016%201.pdf
Thank you for that link, @ucbalumnus. It was very helpful. It’s nice that the STEM students get a laptop too.