Alright, I hope I don't end up sounding whiney by the end of this. I am nervous, anxious, and stressed about everything college related right now.
Firstly, apparently UMD believes my family to be rich. According to my financial aid awards, I am receiving my $4000 a year from scholarships and thats it. No loans of any kind. I do have another $1000 dollars scholarship coming, but still 16 grand out of pocket is ludicrous. I'm sure its a mistake and I am hoping I can get it cleared up by tomorrow. But what if it isn't? I really can't go to UMD if thats the case. I couldn't even go to AR at this point because the registration date has passed. I should stop freaking myself out.
Secondly, assuming I get problem number one worked out, My text book situation is quite intimidating. The UMD bookstore is far from helpful, with extremely limited information about the text books themselves available. Also, my text books would have been North of $800 if I purchased the books from there. I realize this is just how it is with text books... but thats terrible. I've been investigating half.ebay.com, but any other suggestions?
Thirdly, I'm actually a little sad about leaving home. I'm actually happy here. I'm getting along with my step mom for a change. My parents are giving me more freedoms then ever. I have regular income. I guess basically I have most of the perks of adulthood with few of the ishy factors. I like to think I'm an open minded person but this change is a bit rattling...
Don't get me wrong, I'm REALLY excited about going off to school. It will be fun to meet new people and entering a (hopefully) better learning environment. And ya know... have my independence.
Basically I'm worrying. And stressing myself out. Ahhh!
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I think that UMD will (or should) be helpful in getting you some financial aid help. You're a good student and colleges like to keep good students.
ReplyDeleteAmazon is great for books. I can actually make a profit on textbooks using amazon. But textbooks are annoying. I miss having my books provided for me.
Yay for college!
i would say that the only other option you have for financing is loans. the school itself didn't offer you any?
ReplyDeleteand no, that EFC is probably not a mistake. =/
for textbooks, NEVER EVER BUY from the store!! rip off! half.com is usually good. if you use gettextbooks.com you can type in the ISBN of any textbook you need, and it does a megasearch for it.
any other questions?
oh, what i mean by the loans thing is it might not show up right away on your fin aid award list thing. should read before responding...
ReplyDeletemy EFC is only 11000 ish. They just screwed up my loan package. I called and they said it should be fixed within a week.
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