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My circumstances are different than a typical college student. I'm a non-traditional student doing this later on in life, but I know it's my calling. I'm on the second half of my 3rd year of undergrad, and things are going great. But, I'm trying to figure out how I'll be able to take the next step...
My potential dilemma is that I already know I'm not staying at my current school for grad school, as they don't have the kind of research going on here that I want to do. So, I'm going to end up having to move somewhere else for grad school. Thing is that financial aid of course gives you just barely enough to scrape by, let alone anything extra to save. I have a decent amount of possessions, so I'm going to need a moving truck (and then I have to figure out how to bring my car too, even though I'm single and know no one in this area outside of classmates).
So, my problem is figuring out how to afford the move out of state to get to the grad school. I won't see any financial aid or stipend until after I start at the college, but my current college is of course not going to help me. If I were to start at the grad school in fall, it would give me the summer to work to try to pay for it. But, with how difficult finding a job is in my area, I might not be able to save much of anything at all.
My credit score currently is about 690. Not sure if it would be good enough to get a loan for it.
Has anyone else dealt with this, or know anyone that had and how they handled it?
My potential dilemma is that I already know I'm not staying at my current school for grad school, as they don't have the kind of research going on here that I want to do. So, I'm going to end up having to move somewhere else for grad school. Thing is that financial aid of course gives you just barely enough to scrape by, let alone anything extra to save. I have a decent amount of possessions, so I'm going to need a moving truck (and then I have to figure out how to bring my car too, even though I'm single and know no one in this area outside of classmates).
So, my problem is figuring out how to afford the move out of state to get to the grad school. I won't see any financial aid or stipend until after I start at the college, but my current college is of course not going to help me. If I were to start at the grad school in fall, it would give me the summer to work to try to pay for it. But, with how difficult finding a job is in my area, I might not be able to save much of anything at all.
My credit score currently is about 690. Not sure if it would be good enough to get a loan for it.
Has anyone else dealt with this, or know anyone that had and how they handled it?