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Originally Posted by Nascar1966
How is that helping me pay for my son's college when it has to be payed back? Other people get the free ride for college.
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Pell Grants are free, not paid back. Be sure you apply for those.
I know the VA helps you go to college - does it help your kids get an education?
Sometimes it's best if the kid isn't living at home to get financial aid. Other people that get a free ride usually do so on the merits of their scholarship abilities.
But there are literally thousands of gift scholarships available that are never claimed for most schools (maybe a school has a scholarship for people from a certain town who are the children of a bricklayer, for example!) The kid has to go sit and look through the book in the financial aid office, or on the computer, to find those, and apply. Always worth it!
And there are work-study programs, where the kid works up to 20 hours a week. Very valuable help on Dad's wallet.
My niece was an RA in a dorm, and got a free room.
The other thing is go to a state school close to home for the first two years of basic classes, it's least expensive, as the state subsidizes the cost. Then if the kid wants a degree for a specific thing from a fancy school, transfer in to do the last 2 years there.