My Financial Aid Package

fhaselroth
Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:28:56 +0000

@docks , how are you paying for NYU?
I have a stingy father to match a stingy financial aid program, unfortunately. My dad would be able to pay a large percent of the PLUS loan my mother would have to get. (He lives abroad and cant take out the loan himself.) However, I feel like I have to convince him to do it. Right now I am trying to cover all ‘worst case scenarios’ incase I don’t receive any help from him.

My mother doesn’t want to take out the 20,000 loan unless my dad agrees to pay her each year that amount.

So essentially I could be facing not being able to go.

I could try taking out a private loan, but I want to go to graduate school and I don’t see that happening with a debt of more than $100,000.

How do you manage on your own?