Community Colleges

Paying for College
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<p>i am torn between staying home living with my parents for my first year of community college, vs. moving into my own apartment to attend community college in a different city. I filed my FAFSA accordingly, i.e, I selected ‘At home’ and ‘Off Campus’ for the different schools. My question is, how can I find out the financial aid each would offer me without making a decision. I want to compare the F.I. packages to decide but dont know how to go about getting this information.</p>

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<p>If you have been accepted by both schools, but you haven’t received your financial aid information yet, you need to pick up the telephone and call both schools’ financial aid offices. Ask the status of your application. If it is still in process, ask how soon you can expect to hear from them.</p>

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<p>as far as i know, you do not ‘apply’ and receive acceptance to community college, you simply enroll. i realize how F.A. works for regular schools… you apply, if you are accepted you receive your financial aid package, then you can choose to attend or not. but this is for COMMUNITY COLLEGE (sry for the caps, it’s my way of bolding as I don’t know how to actually make it bold :} ) how can i find out what my financial aid would be without enrolling?? I am trying to compare two COMMUNITY colleges; is this not even possible??
Any help is greatly appreciated, I’ve had no luck getting this information any where, everyone just refers me to the process for larger universities which is not what I’m seeking.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>I go to a community college and I can say this best way to find out is to call. After you fill out the FAFSA it generally takes about 2 weeks for the college(s) to put the info in the system. Just call up the ones that you put on your FAFSA and tell them basically what you said here in your first post.</p>

<p>I don’t know where you go to school but my tution at CC is 486 per quarter not including books etc. Depending on classes I am taking I spend anywhere from 200-400 on books. They calculate gas and stuff in but like rent and stuff no.</p>