Ironic, isn't it?

By dammit - 09/06/2009 12:16 - United States

Today, my father's company shut down his branch, leaving him without a job. This is followed by a letter from my school's financial aid office, saying I'm not getting a penny because my family's income level is too high. FML
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humorizer 14

You can appeal by showing proof that your dad lost his job. Happened to me.

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Lonely_Lez 0

Yeah write them a letter explaining things.

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NickP88 0

Happened to me too. I wrote an extenuating circumstance letter and got a pell grant. :-)

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elmyra_duff 0

why did you apply for a financial aid when your dad still had a job and your income level was apparently 'too high'?

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ladidadi 0

Um...I don't see what the problem is here. Like other people said, just send them proof of change in circumstance and they should reconsider. Also, #13, as a college student I know for a fact that financial aid offices often have totally unrealistic expectations and will tell you your income is too high to qualify for aid even if it is obviously not, unless your family was to go without food or paying the rent for the whole year.

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Whigmaleerie 0

The sucky thing about financial aid, #13, is that a lot of middle class families don't have enough money to cover even 50% of college costs, but still aren't eligible for financial aid. We have to live off of scholarships, student loans, and working part or full time. Being average kinda sucks. (not that I'm saying people with few economic means have it easy, mind you)

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roadie42 21

I've been there too. Enough income so that I don't get financial aid, but at the same time, too little income to actually pay the whole way. Yay for scholarships and work study :)

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fantasyworld 37

They act like we have all this money lying around and don't have bills, mortgages or anything.

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whomajigi 0

Your life is ****** there. I TOTALLY can relate. My parents opened up a store. They had $0 income that year, but they took out so many loans it looked like they had a $500k income. I got $500 financial aid EVERY year from then on, and that was after special circumstance papers were filed to get me that meager amount. (Oh and to open this FAILED venture, they also spent all of my college savings without telling me until they filed for bankrupcy. Thanks mom and dad! I'm now $50k in debt, but who is bitter?)

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Debbyx110 5

You shouldn't rely on your parents to pay for your college anyway. There's plenty of people in the same amount of debt as you are or more who are paying it off themselves, not relying on mommy and daddy.

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wolfsept 0

Man... I hope everything turnsout for the better

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rachrae 0

You should defiantly talk to them, right away. Update your fafsa, and submit a change of circumstances. Call your FA councilor asap.

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sevenoh 0

same thing happened to me even after I explained the situation to the school, I got nothing

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rrjr010 0

#13, submitting a FAFSA is generally required for any type of student loan, scholarship, or grant. High income doesn't necessarily mean you have funds in your bank, and costs are often higher than what the college projects for the year.

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