dah, this is the biggest question I have ever asked on here. I need big big help… all the information any of you people can give would help me more than you ever could imagin.
A very close freind of mine / girlfreind wants to go to college. I agree that she should. she graduated from highschool second in the class… had a whole semester’s worth of AP credit when she graduated. had a full scholarship to some school or other.
however… her life went to crap. some terribly horrible stuff happened to her. grandmother who had raised her died (as her parents were dead) … she was abused… ect ect ect… if you can think of a bad thing… it happened to her. she was engaged to be marryed… and ended up with a child. before the guy ran off… leaveing her poor and homeless.
skipping to two months ago. I met her again… she was my best freind in highschool… but did not talk to her any because she was busy being ripped up by the world.
talking to her alot… I convinced her she should go to college. and promised I would help her figure out how thats possible. I promised alot… but I got no clue at all… I haven’t the vaugest idea how thats possible…
is it possible? can I keep my promise to figure out a way? can a girl who was homeless a few weeks ago… go to college? can anyone help me? tell me details about any ideas?
the way I see it… she can get scholarships a few ways:
merit: graduated second in her class in highschool mega scary SAT scores… 10 AP credits or so
need: she has zero dollars in her bank acount. she was homeless till recently.
hardship: I know scholarships exist for people who survived _____ or have ____ disease (diebeties scholarships exist I know… saw them before)
nurseing: she wants to major in nurseing… there is a nurseing shortage right now… know they are majorly desperate… and so are paying people’s way.
also… been talking to her about student loans… the logic I am useing is “dude, your getting more and more in debt everyday anyway… might as well go to college and get in debt in something that will make you make more money!”
anyway… I am begging for help… I want any advice anyone has… she assumes I know everything about going to college and applying and finantial aid and such… but honestly… my parents are mostly just paying for everything for me… saved money for it for me to go since way before I was born. (love them for that)
dah… I am desperate… I want help… is it possible for someone with no money… and a child to go to college? like… can someone with nothing in a bank acount… reasonably go to college one day… and end up paying? and not straveing to death?
I’m kinda over my head here… she was crying… she was feeling that she had ruined her life so totally… and that she had given up her chance to be a nurse and help people … I swore that wasn’t true… and promised that I would figure it out… and get her into college (said I would pay the application fee… and the acceptance fee when she got accepted… gah… expencive) … I wasn’t lieing to her I hope… someone please get me any information that she could use… on how someone with no money what so ever… and alot of expences (a baby) can go to school (the university of maine)… student loans look like all I am specificly comeing up with… just have her take out a massive loan… enough to pay for most everything… then just pray that as a nurse she has enough income that its workable to pay back
help…