# My plot to cheat the US Gov't out of gobs of money failed!

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**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-plot-to-cheat-the-us-govt-out-of-gobs-of-money-failed/373576 "2006-09-21T16:07:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-plot-to-cheat-the-us-govt-out-of-gobs-of-money-failed/373576/1 "2006-09-21T16:07:14Z")

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I had this great plot today, where I was going to switch my major to General Studies, and graduate this spring, come back in the fall as a FAFSA-independent man, get oodles of Pell Grants since I don’t have those pesky parents messing me up, and be all excited.

Financial aid tells me that postgrads don’t get Pell Grants. I am sad.

So now, I’m going to look at the General Studies degree path anyways, because I think it’d be nice to get out of here early, and then go on to pharmacy school anyways.

(I hate you, Pell Grant program!)