Liberal Arts?!?! Frustration

intparent
Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:24:43 +0000

If you are set on a four year college instead of CC, be sure to run the net price calculator on each 4 year college website (on the financial aid webpage) so you know what the cost of attendance may be. The only colleges that will likely take you will not give much financial aid.

As stated above, SAT scores give the colleges an idea of your academic baseline. You don’t get credit just for sitting for the test, it is required by many colleges. A low GPA usually also results in a low SAT score.

Note that there are limits to how many semesters you can get financial aid. All semesters of college (CC and 4 year) cost money. Your cumulative limit for federal loans is $31,000 (so about 4.5 years of loans). Pell Grants go a bit longer if you are eligible.

Do you realize that after 2 years at a community college, you can graduate from the 4 year college after 2 more years (so total 4 years) with the degree offered by the 4 year college? So your diploma reads the same as the person who spent four years in the 4 year college. That is why other posters here are saying you would waste your money to spend more years at the 4 year college.