Please help further education!

hsmomstef
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:07:27 +0000

unfortunately, there isn’t any financial aid available from federal or state sources for attending college prior to high school graduation.

Is there a community college you could attend for less money?

Could you ask the church your father works for to help with the tuition? Many churches set aside funds to help pay for the education of the children of their pastor.

Have you spoken with UW-Milwaukee regarding this issue? Most likely they will not be able to help, but it is worth a shot.

Otherwise – the school will still pay for 15 credits, correct? Could you take those 15 hours and come up with some other route for additional classes? self-study a couple of AP classes or maybe do an independent study in an areas you are interested in? Could you get a job or volunteer position related to your career interests – and get your high school to allow you to recieve credit for this or let you out of school?

A final option – talk with a couple of teachers at the UW-Milwaukee (it would help if you already know the teacher, have some connection – or it is with a department you are really interested in). Ask if you could unofficially audit a class or two – doing all the work, attending class and acting like all other students – but with no official credit on the transcript. My son did this for several classes because we couldn’t pay. He just had the teacher write a one page letter with his grade and attached it to the syllabus – maybe not the best solution, but it does show how important learning is and what you are willing to do to keep learning.