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DesperateDad
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Posted: Tue Jul 10th, 2007 03:57 am |
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my recommendation is to think about the personal, vested interests of the folks portrayed in the article: obviously, everyone wants more money (and union members are appropriate for this role) and a politician with higher asperations...
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Lynda
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Posted: Tue Jul 10th, 2007 11:31 pm |
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Re "The BEACH"-When son applied to Long Beach he was able to apply for housing before he was even accepted. I think he had a high enough number to get campus housing if he went there. We did find out that there is a housing fair or something---local apts, etc all came on one day and the students could check out off- campus housing. We were told it isn't a problem finding a place to live off campus. We did not check out locations or prices.
Son did receive merit money from the school of music-I believe it would have paid for the music lessons. We did not fill out any financial aid forms, so it was strictly merit. The staff/faculty at LB were very nice to our son.
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leftcoast
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Posted: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 07:21 am |
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Actually, I think my son has so much merit aid for next year at Humboldt that he is going to have to give some back.... seriously. He applied for a $1000 scholarship in the spring and got it; then he applied for, and got, the internship for fall semester that includes full tuition, housing, & a monthly stipend -- so he probably has to give back half of the merit scholarship. In the meantime, as he is no independent (over age 24), his need based award came back with a Pell grant and additional need-based grants which cover more than his tuition -- so some of his grant money is going to end up being taxable to him. He's eligible for a Stafford loan, of course -- but doesn't plan to take it, as he's pretty much hit the financial aid jackpot.
These merit scholarships aren't the kind that you get by sitting back and waiting for the college to call -- he had to be alert and do an application that required essays and recommendation letters. But the point is... there was money to be had.
I'd also note that with my son's fall internship it will be difficult for him to meet all requirements to graduate on time, because as a transfer there were some lower-division, general ed requirements he hadn't met -- and he found it difficult to schedule them over the summer at Humboldt. So he went on line and found that Coalinga Community College offers a bunch of online classes to meet the CSU GE requirements, and he signed up for three of them. I assume they cost whatever community college classes cost -- I think $26 per unit.
So basically --where there is a will, there is often a way.
Also, I believe CSU Long Beach gives full rides + special perks to National Merit finalists -- at least they did back a few years ago when my son had that status. They promised him a parking space, I think.
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