okay..question..

[Tink!]

i know you will probably all laugh...but i have never done this before..i want to enroll in college..especially before the divorce....i am currently looking at scholorships and such...how does this work??? You have to first enroll in college to get one?? or can i apply and then with that money go enroll??? which is the best way to go??? all i know is i don't want a dang loan..lol..will never be able to pay it back...but it is time i finally do something for myself....please help..and don't laugh to hard.

 

[Mr.X]

i know you will probably all laugh...but i have never done this before..i want to enroll in college..especially before the divorce....i am currently looking at scholorships and such...how does this work??? You have to first enroll in college to get one?? or can i apply and then with that money go enroll??? which is the best way to go??? all i know is i don't want a dang loan..lol..will never be able to pay it back...but it is time i finally do something for myself....please help..and don't laugh to hard.

what scholarships/grants are you looking for? that all depends on that

 

[Fajitas]

Check with the financial aid office of the school that you are considering.

 

[Lestat]

i know you will probably all laugh...but i have never done this before..i want to enroll in college..especially before the divorce....i am currently looking at scholorships and such...how does this work??? You have to first enroll in college to get one?? or can i apply and then with that money go enroll??? which is the best way to go??? all i know is i don't want a dang loan..lol..will never be able to pay it back...but it is time i finally do something for myself....please help..and don't laugh to hard.

there is nothing wrong with education loans. You typically don't start paying until AFTER you are done with school. You may qualify for subsidized loans where the interest is paid for you while you are a student. Then you get a 30 year term to pay them off.

Usually you apply for a school, get accepted, then fill out a FAFSA (Federal Application for Financial Student Aid). You can look this up online. You work with your schools financial aide office to see what you quality for.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

[Tink!]

oh crap..i didn't know...i have no idea about this..just something to get me money so i can afford to go to school...i put in a mother...soon to be divorced and head of household..and it just brought a bunch of stuff up. can you tell me what i need to pick..like what i should be looking for??? i want something of course that i don't have to pay back...and something that i don't have to be enrolled first..because i don't want to enroll if i can' t afford to pay for it..so it would depend on if i could get money else where.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

Don't act to percipitously, Tink...
Damn it. Don't get ahead of yourself.
I know there is things you wanna do with your new life.
FIRST. Get your situation sorted out. Where you and your daughter are gonna live, how to eat, money, etc...

 

[Lestat]

Don't act to percipitously, Tink...
Damn it. Don't get ahead of yourself.
I know there is things you wanna do with your new life.
FIRST. Get your situation sorted out. Where you and your daughter are gonna live, how to eat, money, etc...

i agree with that 100%

Don't start sometihng you can't finish.

 

[Tink!]

okay okay..yes i agree...need to figure out this situation..but the one thing i was told, was if i was to be enrolled in school before the divorce, then i could get it in the papers that he had to help out ...is this true????
Not like i am going to start going to college tomorrow, just kind of looking a head..and trying to kill time, because i can't sleep, and when i think about laying down alone...it cry my eyes out...lol

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

okay okay..yes i agree...need to figure out this situation..but the one thing i was told, was if i was to be enrolled in school before the divorce, then i could get it in the papers that he had to help out ...is this true????
Not like i am going to start going to college tomorrow, just kind of looking a head..and trying to kill time, because i can't sleep, and when i think about laying down alone...it cry my eyes out...lol

I would research, but put NOTHING towards an economic commitment.
You have such bigger fish to fry...
You'll be OK. LInear and one step at a time.

 

[Tink!]

LOL i am going to ask about it tomorrow when i go to JAG...but i do know eventually i do want to go to college...i have kept putting it off...and I am going to need something so i can better my daughters future..even if it is just an AA...something to get more than just minimum wage..because good god..i just feel like i am never going to be able to make it.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

LOL i am going to ask about it tomorrow when i go to JAG...but i do know eventually i do want to go to college...i have kept putting it off...and I am going to need something so i can better my daughters future..even if it is just an AA...something to get more than just minimum wage..because good god..i just feel like i am never going to be able to make it.

You know what I said...Don't get caught up with this yet.
First things first. Know/learn your rights. You don't have a clue right now.
You are at the mercy of your ex....