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I am in need of money for college. I am trying to finish up my BS in Psych; I have filled out so many scholarship apps, but nobody has contacted me with good news as of yet. If I was able to get extra funding, I can graduate a lot quicker and move on to my plans of opening up a Resource Center for people to get counseling for drug addiction and their loved ones. This is my calling in life, I feel that I can really help individuals who are looking for recovery. I am willing to work very hard to get where I need to be, so if anyone knows of something that I am missing out on--PLEASE let me know! God Bless!

Hey everyone, I've seen a lot of single parents on here looking to go back to school. I am in the process of doing the same thing and I have learned about a LOT of resources! These are for anyone in any state too!

#1. www.FAFSA.gov

make sure you type .gov not .com, or they will try to charge you to help you fill it out. This is the website that you go to to apply for federal grants (money you don't have to pay back). You need your taxes, social security number... all that business, but if you need money for school, it will be worth the hassle.

#2. www.Scholarshipzone.com

You register with them, fill out a profile, and they will give you a list of scholarships you qualify for as well as some other sites that do scholarships. They are also running a $10,000 scholarship giveaway till March 1st.

#3. search google or msn for scholarships, you never know what's out there till you look!

Good luck in acheiving your goals of higher education and financial freedom, just remember: A little determination can go a long way!

               FEMALE SEEKING FINANCIAL HELP

                   FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION

       I am a 46 year old female going back to school to work toward my law degree.  I have worked in lawfirms off and on for over 20 years. I also owned my own business for seven years.  I am rebuilding my life after a sad divorce that nearly destroyed me emotionally, mentally, physically and financially.  I can now breath again, striving to get where I have always wanted to be.

I am currently enrolled full-time at a two year college at Eastern Oklahoma State College, carrying 18 semester hours. I received a $50.00 scholarship and I have a friend that is helping me this semester but I am in need of more financial help to continue on with my quest.  My vehicle is 19 years old with 270,000 miles and I am in need of a newer vehicle with good gas mileage.  I drive a lot every day back and forth to school.  I borrow a computer and need one of my own and I am in need of financial assistance with tuition, computer expenses, living expenses, gas, etc.

I am trying very hard to make my dream come true.  My dream is to be a criminal defense trial attorney and a personal injury attorney.  I would then like to give back to society by taking elderly cases pro-bono. 

There is nothing to hold me back now but finances and this is why I am asking for help.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

I can't believe I am even doing this but I'm sort of desperate right now. I have a good job that I have had for almost 13 years and I make decent money but as a single-Mother things have always been tight. I am also going to school part-time and am very close to obtaining my degree. I have raised my daughter alone her entire life since her Father and I decided we shouldn't get married just because I was pregnant because our relationship was pretty much over at that point. I chose to go it alone and that's what I did. I lost touch with my daughter's Father for the first 6 years of her life but then I contacted him and he started seeing her sporadically and eventually started paying me a very small amount of child support. My daughter is a Senior in high school and is going to turn 18 next week. Her Father has already told me he is sending no more child support after her Birthday even though she will still be a full-time student. There is nothing I can do, we have no custody papers or court orders. The agreement was just between us (at his behest because he knew he couldn't afford what the courts would have ordered and I stupidly went along with it because I'm just too nice sometimes). Things were going OK at least I was making it until my daughter got her driver's license last August. When I added her to my car insurance my payments more than doubled. After a couple of months of paying this extra insurance I started to get behind on my bills. Over this past year I've been making payments on a trip for my daughter to go to California to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The total cost was $1650.00. In December it was down to the deadline and I still owed $400.00 so I had to pay it. This caused me to get behind on my rent and further behind on my car payment. Christmas, even though I didn't buy much at all, I had to buy my daughter things she needed for her trip. It was a very slim Christmas compared to previous years but I still spent too much and got even further in the hole with my two largest bills. The last two weeks of 2008 that generated my first paycheck in 2009 I was short on hours due to having to leave work and drive my daughter back and forth to school during her semester exams and so my paycheck was short. This only made things worse. I'm back on track working good hours now but I'm too far in the hole to get out without some help. I finally talked to my car payment people and they let me defer 2 payments to the end of my loan which helped some but last night when I came home from work there was an eviction notice on my door! I tossed and turned all night long and called in sick to work so that I could try to figure something out (I have sick/vacation time now that will pay me, but in 2008 I was out of benefit time which is why I had the short paycheck).  My rent is $685.00 a month and I'm two months behind (about to be 3 on 2/1)! I sent them $380.00 last payday but I guess they didn't think that was enough to rescind the termination of my lease. I believe if I could give them 2 full months rent they would be agreeable to allow me to finish out my lease (in May) before moving. If not, I would use the money to move and work out a payment plan to pay my balance with my current landlord. My daughter has a job interview this afternoon and is pretty sure she will be hired to work part-time at a movie theater and her Father is going to buy her a car and pay her insurance for one year for her Birthday so I can take her off of my policy. I believe these two things will be enough to offset losing the $350.00 a month child support that I'm no longer going to receive. But the problem is I need money NOW to get caught up or we are going to be in trouble! I feel like such a failure as a Mother having all of these problems going on coming up on my daughter's 18th Birthday and causing problems during her Senior year. Lately, I feel so guilty I can't even look at her!

I'm not asking for any kind of long-term assistance just a one-time help back up to where I was before from someone who can afford it. I don't have good credit (which is why my car payment is so high, but I can't sell my car I've already tried that, but I still owe so much and I don't have enough equity to trade it in). I can't get bank loans and I have no friends or family who are in a position to loan me money. My Father passed away two years ago and even though he was very well off his wife retained his entire estate for some unknown reason. My Mother lives on Social Security.

If there is anyone who reads this who could find it in their heart to help me out I would be eternally grateful. I have a paypal account and you can also e-mail me at patriotgurl@gmail.com

Thank You.

ps: I'd like to add that some people may wonder why my daughter is just now looking for after-school work when she is 17 years old. My daughter, as previously mentioned, is a 4 year member of a very high-profile high school marching band. She had a job at Moe's Southwest Grill where she worked from April 08 until the end of August when school started. Going to school 5 days a week with band practice 4 afternoons a week and performing at football games on Friday nights and going to marching competitions on Saturdays....well I hope you get the idea that she had to quit that job because of her schedule, but it was always our agreement that when she got back from California she would find another job and she has been looking ever since January the 5th. Just wanted to add that information.

04-06-09 UPDATE:

Just an update on my situation. I worked out a payment plan with my landlord and decided to stay put and pay off what I owe and get back in good standing with them before thinking about moving. It's a very aggressive payment plan but so far I've paid them over $2000.00 over my last 4 paydays. A couple more months of paying extra and I should be caught up and back on track with that; however it it has been difficult and has caused us to sometimes not have enough food to eat and has put our utilities in jeopardy at times. Since my child support was cut off things have gotten worse. My daughter's Father DID buy her a car but asked me to put the car on my policy (under which my daughter was already covered) and then stiffed me for the insurance. Then less than 2 months after getting the car we learned that it needed brakes, so I had to pay to have those fixed. My daughter is working but only getting about 15 hours a week. I'm (luckily) being allowed to work some substantial overtime so I am and that's helping out some but I'm still having to take most of my daughter's money to help with bills and I would really prefer that she be putting some into savings for college. So far the car that was supposed to be a 'gift' has cost me almost $1000.00! I just noticed the change oil stick is expired so I guess I'll have to do that too! These things should have been taken care of BEFORE he gave her the car in my opinion!!! My daughter's Father obviously thinks he's done his part, he's a real pig as far as I'm concerned! I only wish now that I had a court order and things would not be this way in my daughter's Senior year. I can only imagine how hard it is going to be for us to make it through her college years! I feel like he has totally screwed me and NOT in a good way!

Still struggling but I will NEVER give up! 

Hello,

My name is Nicci and I am a college student at Fresno State. I am struggling finanically with my bills which include my rent and college tuition. If anyone can spare me some money I would be very, very thankful. I am attending school full time and working part time but it doesn't pay all the bills. I have a paypal account where money can be sent to me by entering my email address mizznicci@yahoo.com. Please help if you can, it would really help me out. Thank you for your time. -Nicci

Please help me with money to pay my son college education. He is already in College, I paid for part of the tuition this semester but I can't help him next semester. He took two loans this semester. I am desesperate and I don't know how I can help him.

Thank you very much I will appreciated you ever help us.

I NEED MONEY TO COMPLETE UNIVERSITY, I AM TRYING  TO GET A NURSING DEGREE. I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL AID OR BANK LOANS. PLEASE I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME SO I CAN STAY IN SCHOOL BECAUSE I HAVE A 19 MONTHS OLD CHILD TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL. WHEN YOU WRITE ME THEN I CAN GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER. THANKS

I was a single mom for 8 years and I went to court to get support and I had to hire a lawyer. After my son was 17 I finally received  back support but I still had a 30,000 dollar debt from the lawyer I had hired.  Instead of paying the lawyer I used the back support to put my son through school. Now The money lasted only freshman and the first semester of sophmore year and now I need money to pay the lawyer and for my son's college.

i am about to start college on the 31 and i really could use help iam 44 years old and a recovering addict my feild of intrest is chem dep lol my physicology class is parcially on line the computer im on belongs to a family member and my access is very limited oh and i broke my arm in the park while playing with my three year old hence the bad typing at any rate im trying to find someone that may be able to donate a laptop or point me in a direction that might help thanks

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Hello everyone. I am writing  because I am in need of assistance. I am in my freshman year at college and I find myself in a real bad situation. I am trying to start my second semester but because I still have an 1162.00 balance to cover I am unable to attend class. Well I am far away from home and My mom is a single mom with three kids and she has exhausted everything she has to help me through this year. I am the first in my generation to graduate highschool and go to college and I want to set the example for all of my family and be the one to break the cycle. It is a major struggle. The school has granted funds and I have taken out several  loans to cover tution, i am on work study and my mother has depleted her retirement account and I still have a balance to cover.  I ask if there is anyone out there that can help me cover this balance as we have no where else to turn.   I would so greatly appreciate it if anyone can assist me in covering this balance. please help ...

I am a single mother who returned back to college last year.  Originally I worked full time and attended school part time, but lost my job in march of this year.  I have enrolled in school full time and have been actively seeking night employment, but am now terrified as I don't have any money coming in to pay my rent, car payment, and other household expenses and expenses for my son.  My son is in his high school marching band, concert band, and symphonic band and I hate to make him quit something he loves, but I don't know how I'm going to be able to pay for the expenses. 

Please help!!!!

To all who have been led to read my appeal:  I am a single divorced mother of one who does not receive child support.  I value education so much so that I struggled to fund but succeeded in financing without going into debt the cost to acquire a MBA.  Because I am my daughter's sole provider, I must be prepared to provide her with the necessary assistance she will need to attend college.  At this point, she desires to become a Veterinarian.  I feel that obtaining a Doctorate degree will (1) increase my income base and (2) inspire my daughter to strive for excellence academically resulting in full scholarships.  I am the first in my family to pursue this great feat.  However, when accomplished, my family will never be the same.  My goal is to start a trend that will last for generations.

Hey my name is Shay and this upcoming September I will be a sophmore at Elms College. Unfortunately I was not awarded as much financial aid this yr as I was last year, which leaves me to pay 700 a mth. My mother can only supply about 300 a mth leaving a good 400 left to be paid. This means that I may not be attending school come the fall semester. I am looking for grants in any amount possible to help me in continuing my college education.

Thanks, Shay

I have a college-age daughter who I am sure is gifted, especially with regards to Art, sculpture, and writing.  Her father and I are divorced, and after the divorce he kind of "took over" everything, including their college education.  Their was a tremendous amount of disappearing money, including money for their college, which my exhusband spent on lawyers. He has chosen a very cheap, local college to send my daughter to.  She is wasting her life and her time and her gifts.  Her father tells her that there is no hope and no way for her to do what she wants and loves (pursue a future in Art).  Frankly,  I know nothing about money and I have absolutely no idea how to help her.  She is becoming depressed.  She is taking teaching courses, which she hates, and I have heard her weeping over this.  She belongs in an Art college and she has to get away from him.  He does not want her to go away to college because he does not want to "lose" her and he is doing everything in his power to disenpower and discourage her.  He tells her there is no money.  He tells her she'll never make a living in Art.  He tells her that her grades are not good enough.  The truth is, her grades are good enough and she can make a living out of Art.  I have to help and I don't know where to start.  My older daughter also needs  help.  She completed four years of college studying something she has no love for or interest in, and now her father is pressuring her to take a job that she hates, and he is not above using false guilt or any mental tactics to get them to do what he wants.   I see it is taking its toll in every way.   They want their father's love and approval, but the price is too high.  The cost is their life and happiness.  The most pressing need right now is for me to find a way to get my younger daughter into an Art college away from here.  Thank you.

I am a young black girl that need money for college.

All I want to do is to just make the best out of my live and the only way I know I can do that is if I go to college but I need help.

I am a single mom and interested in going back to school, but need financial assistance.