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I am 24 with 2 kids and a wife. I live in Michigan. My local community college offers a criminal justice program. I can't afford to pay $120 a credit hour plus books. If I can get my college paid for, do I have to be a full-time student. I have a full-time day job so I would have to take night courses.

2006-06-21 05:59:22 · 3 answers · asked by jason_k_kelley 2 in Education & Reference Financial Aid

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Part-time students can obtain Federal Pell grants and Federal SEO Grants. If you are attending at least half-time, you can also receive Federal Stafford Loans.

Additionally, schools are allowed to offer pro-rated amounts of Federal Perkins Loan funding to part-time students -- if you plan to become a cop, go for the Perkins loans, which can be forgiven (i.e. "cancelled" or "discharged") in full after you are work full-time for 5 years in a law enforement position.

If you seek out other forms of funding such as private scholarships, grants, and fellowships, make sure you check with the donor to see if they will provide for part-time attendance.

2006-06-21 07:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by FinAidGrrl 5 · 0 0

There are tons of scholarships that go unclaimed each year. Many $400, $500 or $1000 scholarships never even get applied for because people think it's chump change and not worth applying for. Well, get a few of those $500 scholarships and it'll really make a dent in your tuition bill.

People make the mistake of looking for one big scholarship to pay for everything when they should be targeting smaller scholarships that are more regionalized or specialized to their intended field or reflect something unique about them (son of Italian policeman, daughter of registered nurse, etc). Everybody goes for the big scholarships, the competition for those is much higher and your chances are smaller of getting it. Research and apply for anything and everything you are close to being eligible for no matter how small the scholarship.

Do a search on scholarships, search your major, your ethnic heritage, your town, your parents employers, your employer, hobbies, high school, local Chamber of Commerce/Rotary/ Lion's Club etc. Left-handed? There is a scholarship out there for you! Older woman returning to school? There are scholarships out there for you. Do combined searches on more than one criteria "hispanic women aviation scholarships" etc.

Go to the library and ask the reference librarian for a reference book on scholarships. They usually have more than one. There are all kinds of scholarships out there, you just have to start applying yourself and make it your summer career to send out letters everyday for scholarships. Good luck!

2006-06-21 15:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Contact your local police department to see if there's some sort of assistance. Also contact the police credit union. Finally, look on www.fastweb.com, there's a fairly comprehensive listing.

Each scholarship/grant has its own stipulations as to courseload, course of study, etc.

Best of luck in your career path.

2006-06-21 07:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 0 0

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