<p>Thank you for all the suggestions. I emailed the finaid office about my situation and they basically said that they made their decision based on the fact that we owned a home. While I understand that owning a home might be a pretty big asset, it still feels unreasonable that all of my mom’s annual income (plus a bit more) has to go to tuition. I could ramble on for a lot more but I’ll stop myself now.<br>
Just curious, is this situation a common one? Do scholarships really help? I seems that the more scholarships one has, the more they decrease finaid…so what is the point? And what really is the “right amount” schools should give? Unfortunately, I still feel clueless when it comes to financial aid. </p>
<p>I will, however, call the office and see if perhaps they will at least give me some more loans. And on a rather different topic…does anyone know how much journalists/editors make on average? My biggest worry about journalism as a career right now is being able to support myself and my mom financially in the future.<br>
Thanks again for listening to my rants -_-</p>