Can seiu help with college tuition?

Question

I AM A DISABILITY RETIREE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF PA, LOCAL 668. MY SON IS A SENIOR AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN PHILA. PA. HE HAS EXCELLENT SAT SCORES AND A 3.3 OVERALL GRADE POINT AVERAGE. I FEAR I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HIS COLLEGE TUITION OR EVEN HELP. THE DEFERRED COMP WOULD BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET. ARE THERE ANY GRANT OR SCHOLARSHIPS AVILABLE THROUGH THE UNION? IS THERE ANY HELP AVAILABLE? I AM BERELY SURVIVING DAY TO DAY!

Answer 1

Uh, dude, the "ALL CAPS" thing has GOT to go!!! It is considered "impolite" on the Internet.

First, put your union to work. Get them figuring out how to help you.

Second, there are other ways for your son to get thru college:

1. Private scholarships. Your son's GPA isn't showing that he's gonna set the world on fire in college, but perhaps he can prove otherwise. My Alma Mater has several 4-year, all-expenses (including a summer abroad) scholarships that have different criteria for awarding them. Those are out there, and he needs to be looking NOW.

2. Community Colleges. Don't laugh. My local community college counts an astronaut among its alumni, as well as dozens of MDs, dentists, PhD's, etc. This college's tuition rate is around $60 per credit hour, and my daughter paid for hers by working at McD's. Best of all, the grades AND the credits transfer to our state's 4-year colleges, meaning that a community college class here is as good as a U of Michigan class!! Everyone in my family has taken classes there, and I'd stack up my classes w/ those in my big-name expensive private college.

3. Military. My youngest was bored in school (and it sounds like your son is the same way), so she went into the USAF after her first year in college. Not only do the USAF people FORCE you to take college classes, but there are all sorts of ways to get tons of college credits while in the USAF. And, of course, my daughter will have boatloads of cash (enough to pay for U of M for 2 years) when she gets out. BTW, my daughter is stationed in Dayton, OH and, like most USAF people, has very little chance of going to the Sandbox (Iraq, etc).

4. Oh, yeah, the Pell Grants and Hope Scholarships are still out there too. Make sure you fill out your FAFSA.

5. As a very last resort, there are student loans. As a rule of thumb, he'll pay 1% of the total loan amount each month for 20 years ($20,000 will mean $200 a month).

Answer 2

I know for a fact that the Steelworkers have scholorships for children of members, as to your SEIU local, I'd try either:
1) Contacting your Executive Board Representative at your old job.
2) Calling the administrative organizer for your old job.
or
3) use http://www.seiu668.org/contactus.cfm or call
PSSU-Headquarters
2589 Interstate Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax

If you don't get any headway with the first couple of options, you could definately call the headquarters and ask for someone with a membership development type of title.

You could also try: http://www.seiu.org/mbe/scholarships/ which is the international union's scholorship program. Call them about the specifics of your sons situation.

Answer 3

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