Penn State and Loans

Michina20
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:43:21 +0000

Hello to all…

HappyMomof1-
I have searched every and all options for her at this point. All the colleges that she has been accepted to, in or out of state, are not giving her any financial aid due to the lack of fundings.

A little history–
My d has always been an excellent student. She has always attended gifted and talented schools and has a GPA of 3.50. Unfortunately, since the school she is currently attending is funded by the state and is private, they do not give out scholarships. Yes, she will be attending a satellite campus in Hazleton, PA. At this point the majority of the schools are only offering her a small grant of $1400.00. The tuitions among the 5 that had accepted her are between the 22k - 26k including room and board. As you could see they are not doing any better than PSU at this point. Perhaps since she is looking at great schools and fundings are limited she will end up paying highly for education. After all of her sacrifices, I don’t know if she would want to go to a Community College…

Question… I mean in the event things change, if she cancels her acceptance to PSU and considers another venue, do you guys think she is able to re-apply and be accepted? I mean, I really do not want her to miss out on this opportunity…

Secondly, because she turned 17yr prior to the end of 2007, the IRS has graced me with a nice letter taking out the tax child credit from my return. Is this something I should report to the fafsa? Will it benefit us at all? she holds a EFC of 3304.

Lord, I am so happy that I have found this forum and for the help and advice I’ve received from everyone.

Thanks,
Michina