I may have to wait 14 months to graduate from college.

[Fox Mulder]

I'm supposed to be done in May of '06, but I may have to wait until May '07 to graduate college. The reason is because I owe the college $4,300 this semester, and I only have a grand total of $600 in my name. No one in my family is able to help me pay, and I am unable to get anymore grants.

So now I have to put my life on hold for over a year. I'll have to get a couple of minimum wage jobs to get the money needed to pay the college.

One fuckin' semester left. And I have to wait a year to finish. God...this sucks.

[MissMillie]

1. What about a student loan?

It wouldn't even take you very long to pay it back.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Start applying for scholarships and private student loans!

There are tons of both out there! There is absolutely no reason you should stop your life for $4,300! You can start here: http://www.suntrusteducation.com/

[Fox Mulder]

3. Will I be able to get loans?

I have horseshit credit.

Thanks for the link, btw.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. Get a co-signer

Just because no one in your family has $4,300, that doesn't mean someone can't help you out by just co-signing for a loan.

[Fox Mulder]

5. I can't get a cosigner.

My parents refuse and my mom said she'd kill me if I asked my grandparents.

:(

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Hey, it's your future here.

If I were you, I'd forego the warning from your mom and ask anyway. If she cares about your future, which I should most definitely hope that she does, she'll deal with it.

On edit: And if she doesn't care about your future, well, you know what to do with that too.

[Fox Mulder]

9. I don't think my grandma would sign anyways.

She's frugal with her money. Hell, when I was younger, I had to beg to get a candy bar.

I don't know what I'll be able to do. Thanks for your help.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

8. Student loans are generally way easier to get

Than normal loans for a house/car/etc.

[Divameow77]

7. I was able to get student loans

and I filed bankruptcy.

[toey]

11. ditto, less than a year after my bankruptcy was finalized I went back

and with the help of Sallie Mae, I now owe shitloads of money.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[billyskank]

10. Man, that sucks. I was in a similar position to you

I had to wait an extra year before officially getting my degree, because at the time of my own graduation I still owed them some money.

(It was a fine for smoking dope in my dorm room). :blush:

But in my case it wasn't a big deal; even before I graduated I was still able to put my qualification on my CV, because if any prospective employers asked the university to confirm my qualifications they would have said yes. I asked them this myself to make sure. So I didn't have to put my life on hold for a year.

Won't your college do the same for you?