College life

[Ice]

I did do the FAFSA stuff, but I didn't get much. See, our recent president has decided that spending wasting billions of dollars in a futile war that has no clear end in sight, is a much more worthwhile venture, than sending our own kids to college. Thus as a direct result, he has cut down on a number of social programs; namely being student aid.
AS A RESULT: I was only awarded with a stafford loan that is worth about $2,750 per annum. This is a LOAN, so I have to pay it off eventually. The only way the government helps, is it pays the interest that accumulates while I am at college. Once I graduate, it becomes like any other loan. Btw, the only way you'll ever get a Pell Grant is if you are dirt poor. Even more so, the highest Pell Grant is something like $5,000 per annum, which is enough to send you through community college. Thank you America.

It's not that the system f**ked me, it's just that the system saw me getting f**ked, and didn't do anything to help me.

...Gee, that makes a good qoute.^ lol

I'm fairly sure Bush actually signed legislation that will decrease the interest you owe on your loan by half and raised the federal pell grants.

Most of the other stuff you said is correct.

Look at it this way, atleast the government is paying the interest on your loans while you are in school.

I have unsubsidized loans meaning I get nice little letter every couple months about my accruing interest.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

No matter what way ya look at it, $2,750 alone isn't going to send me through college. I'll probably go end up going to a small private liberal arts college, on a hefty academic scholarship.