How can I get more money for college on poor credit?

Answer 1

Let me start by saying poor credit shouldn't stop you from going to college.

Almost every college or university will have a Career Center and/or a Financial Aid Center and one or both of those places generally have computers that are open to students to research scholarships. There are so many scholarships out there it is truly amazing....scholarships given by students' talent or major, or by their parents' work (for example, did/does your parent belong to a specific Union?), and other very specific requirements that are tailorized to students' backgrounds, heritage and skills.

If you cannot wait for a scholarship to arrive, then ask Financial Aid about Work-Study. This will ONLY be available to students who have completed the FAFSA (Federal financial aid forms) from the previous fall. If you do qualify, Work-Study is a great program as you work on campus, and your bosses are usually very easy about letting you work around your class schedule.

And, if all that fails - get a part-time job. Check with your Student Employment or Career Center for leads. It may surprise you what type of jobs they have. At the center on the campus' where I worked it ran the entire gambit from dog walker to highly technical positions in the field of medicine and electronics. Sometimes the centers will have one-day jobs for people say in moving. A person may need to have help moving their belongings from one place to the other and they may be willing to pay $25 hr. to have you do the heavy work from 8am - 6pm on a Saturday. That would be some quick money and it's only one day.

There are ways to get money - none of them involve doing nothing.

Answer 2

First, you need to fill out the FAFSA(Free Application for Student Aid), you get fill this out online at www.fafsa.ed.gov, pick up an application from your high school counselor office or the college's financial aid office. This will be the application any government grants, college grants and scholarships, and federal loan programs. After you do that, you may opt to search for additional scholarships on websites like www.fastweb.com, there are more sites like this as well, you can access them from www.finaid.org/scholarships. You can also check with the school's financial aid office for any endowed scholarships they might offer. Your third and last alternative is private loans which gain interest on them while you're in school. There are plenty of banks and companies that offer student loans. My personal favorite is Citiassist found at www.citiassist.com. For these loans you must have a co-signer if you are not credit worthy. I hope this information is of some use to you! Good luck!

Answer 3

Family
Friends
Grants
Scholarships
A JOB

Answer 4

Federal student loans, grants and scholarships. Go to your school's student services people and ask about financial assistance.

Answer 5

I'm offering a fairly easy to obtain scholarship.

http://www.daylon.com/scholarship/

To date I haven't received any applications, and I don't want the money to go unused, so give it a try.