Chemical Engineering Substitution

GatorNuke82
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:25:35 +0000

If cameraphone missed the preferred FAFSA deadlines for whatever school he/she is interested in (like I did), there may only be need based aid in the form of a Pell Grant and Federal Loans. And, if cameraphone is still a dependent student, his/her parents will badly affect the EFC number, resulting in even less money. Late June is a bad time to be starting to look for scholarships, as most have already picked their candidates for the upcoming year. If I wasn’t an independent student with a family to back me up, I’d be in just as bad of a spot. The universities are super serious about getting your FAFSA in to them by THEIR deadlines, which are often no later than mid-March.

You can’t go to school if you can’t pay your tuition or rent.

Cameraphone, let me give you some advice that I didn’t know until I was sitting in my first engineering orientation session: engineering internships are often paid. I was given numbers like $15-30/hour, full-time for 12 weeks in summer. Though this will set you back a semester, if you can manage to pay for your first 2 semesters, you may be able to intern to help put some money in the bank, or pay loans back.

Have you tried speaking to a chemical engineering adviser at any universities you’re interested in, regarding means of paying for schooling? There may be scholarships/grants offered only through the college/department you’re going through that don’t rely on what’s happening in the financial aid office. A phone call won’t cost you very much, and you could be pleasantly surprised at the results.