Financial aid

[meitantei_cj]

Fuck me, I lost the Pell grant. My EFC is like 5252. This means I just lost over $5000 that I thought I would have and now have to pay that much more out of pocket. My monthly payment plan's going to skyrocket from like $200 a month to $600. And that's with an extra two months of payments. You know the only way I'll be able to pay that? If I can keep getting money from unemployment. A summer job will help, but probably not much. (This doesn't make me happy either, because I'd been thinking about getting some sort of art-related position to use for internship credit and wasn't going to worry about whether it was paid or not--which would've really helped me find something, as I could've just volunteered--but now I have to be like, "Nope, money first!")

Of course, I don't know what's up with unemployment, because I filed a new claim at the beginning of the year, but they've done nothing with it. They do keep giving me extensions on my old claim, although we'll see how far that goes--I've just claimed the last of the latest extension and don't know if they'll give me another one. I've been saving my money to pay my tuition in one go, but I guess I wasn't paying attention and didn't notice the lack of Pell funds... not that it would've made a difference in the amount of money I have in my account right now. It'd be the same regardless.

I would've been golden had it not been for this. I have enough right now that would've been totally set for the whole year. Hopefully I'll get to keep getting money from unemployment and they won't bother me too much. Once again, that money is going to help me through school. I don't know if they realize or care just how much those payments help me. And what about Germany? That's another $3,300 right there. I really don't want to take that off my list.

Meh, now I just wanna go home. Hello, anxiety.