Where can my daughter get college money?
Monday, July 19th, 2010 at
8:54 pm
manthisaddressislong asked:
My daughter is 18 and she is starting at the University of Washington this month, but her mom and I have been going through a nasty divorce for a couple of years and as a result, we are both broke, the house is tied up in red tape, and we have no money to go towards college. My ex works for microsoft and makes enough money to exclude my daughter from many grants, etc. I have been struggling for the last couple of years and have been unemployed for much of it, but she lived with her mom most of that time. Our credit is toast for several reasons (had theft identity, the divorce, etc.) and that excludes us from many of the remaining funding sources. My daughter officially moved out and lives 100 miles away now near school. She has just started her own credit and is very responsible, but at $18,000.00 a year, she has been unable to get funding to cover all of it. What can we do? She has worked really hard to get accepted to the UW and it is not fair that this could end it all.
My daughter is 18 and she is starting at the University of Washington this month, but her mom and I have been going through a nasty divorce for a couple of years and as a result, we are both broke, the house is tied up in red tape, and we have no money to go towards college. My ex works for microsoft and makes enough money to exclude my daughter from many grants, etc. I have been struggling for the last couple of years and have been unemployed for much of it, but she lived with her mom most of that time. Our credit is toast for several reasons (had theft identity, the divorce, etc.) and that excludes us from many of the remaining funding sources. My daughter officially moved out and lives 100 miles away now near school. She has just started her own credit and is very responsible, but at $18,000.00 a year, she has been unable to get funding to cover all of it. What can we do? She has worked really hard to get accepted to the UW and it is not fair that this could end it all.
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a good way,is to sign up for a scholorship
If you or her mother won’t/can’t fork over the money to make up the difference, she should look for a school that will be able to cover the entire cost of her college education. ESPECIALLY if this is her first year. She can always transfer to UW as a Sophomore or Junior.
Most of the best and most expensive schools provide full assistance to their students (grants, loans, scholarships). I’m not familiar with UW but if they can’t, then she needs to find a better school.
The best thing to do is apply for every scholarship and to write tons of essays. I have been in school for 3 years now and it can really be hard financially. I write essays practically every day just sending them out regardless. Now no I do not win every scholarship but I do win some. It has really helped out a lot.
First of all, if your daughter is 18 and holds any hope at all of graduating college, she needs to show some initiative and look up scholarships herself, not have her father do it for her. I hope she at least will fill out the applications herself.
Second of all, scholarship books can be a real help. I’ve found “1,001 Ways to Pay for College” extremely useful in this pursuit. It lists colleges that are tuition-free once accepted, off-the-wall scholarships, ways to save money while in college as well as for college (like the IDA account which will match your college savings up to seven times your goal once you reach it), and more.
Take a trip to your local library, or put it on hold so it will be shipped there. You should be able to find many more scholarship books in your county library system as well, as I did.