Can't afford textbooks and materials

mom2collegekids
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:33:12 +0000

Sorry, but you did not do “everything right.” I know that’s harsh, but you didn’t.

You chose to attend a school that you couldn’t afford and some person co-signed those loans (that person deserves to get stuck paying back those loans). That person also didn’t do “everything right”. They set you up for a dreadful situation.

You could have gone to a CC for your first two years. Since you say that you got into better schools but couldn’t afford them, then that suggests that you could have applied to schools that would have given you large merit for your stats…

I know that this is all water under the bridge, but I’m telling you this so that you wont’ think that you were just “unlucky” and this was all unavoidable. That kind of thinking just leads to believing that you’re a victim when in truth, you (and that co-signer) brought this all upon yourself.

I’m sorry for the harshness. You were poorly advised and you made a poor decision. Right now, all you can do is ask your parents for the money. You can’t even take this semester off because then you’d have to start paying back those CRAZY loans.

As a last resort, maybe you could go to a CC this semester to prevent loan repayment while you apply to a local univ to finish your education.

with an unpaid internship

forget that right now. You need more paid employment.