I am a 30 year old single mom of 3 boys. I never went to college but am interested in getting an education . I would like to be able to make a better life for my children. I just can't afford it. Does anyone have any suggestions?
2007-02-09 01:19:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
The best place to find grants for college is at the FAFSA website. It is a federal government program that assists college students of all ages to further their education. It is free to access and apply for consideration. However, the deadline for the fall semester or quarter is fast approaching. I will provide some other sources that can help fund your college education.
First, the FAFSA form should be filled out after January 1 of the senior year and be submitted every year until college graduation. By completing it, it will tap into need based financial aid from the state and federal governments along with the college itself.
Second, the college's financial aid office and website has a list of private scholarships offered from outside organizations and companies.
Third, the public library has a book listing scholarships with some not even listed on the web.
Finally, I recommend joining several free membership scholarship search websites. There are scholarships for a variety of things including ethnicity, clubs, hobbies, and even wearing duct tape to the high school prom. Most are updated on a regular basis. Most offer a customized search based on information entered onto a form on the website.
Good luck!
2007-02-09 02:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by dawncs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out Federal Student Aid Web Site or FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
I suggest you explore all federal funding and grant options at the Federal Student Aid website http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/
You may also want to read the Handbook of the Pell Grant -- this is an 86 page document that contains everything about the grant
http://ifap.ed.gov/sfahandbooks/attachments/0203Vo3MasterFile.pdf
Or you can call the Federal Student Aid Information Center http://www.ed.gov/programs/fpg/gtepfpg.pdf at 1-800-433-3243 and ask them if there are any programs for you
Aside from FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov and Pell Grant http://www.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html , you may want to explore private foundation grants
Also check out Fastweb http://www.fastweb.com
For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org . It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) and their opening blurb says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." You may be able to find grants from private foundations.
2007-02-10 16:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FreeSchoolHelp.com is probably where you want to go, it has links on it for grants, loans, scholarships, the applications, etc., the colleges, the universities, etc. It has the type of information that used to be scattered all over the place, now in just one place! Very Helpful! Good Luck!
2007-02-09 14:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by Prague 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to ask the school you are plaaning to attend... since schools have their own grant programs as well.
Good Luck!
2007-02-09 13:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by Curiosity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could apply for the ebc form scolorship . or creamlayer as well
2007-02-09 09:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by saching 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋