Another semester down.
Sometimes I wish I would’ve done college straight out of highschool like normal people. I’m thankful though for a mom that supports me trying to get my education now. Being a full-time student and not working at 24 can be a bit of a struggle but every semester down brings me closer to that goal. I finished this semester with a 3.07 term GPA. I’m pretty proud of myself.
Now i’m working on a financial aid appeal for summer courses. Afford college is the biggest roadblock for me. If I get a job then I can only do school part time, which will take forever to get my degree. If I don’t work then everything depends on the amount of financial aid I receive. I didn’t receive aid for summer due to not meeting the completion rate percentage. I was freaking out a bit because I borrowed the money to pre-enroll in the summer term counting on getting reimbursed by the summer pell. I did really well this past semester and I hate that a withdrawal on my record from almost two years ago is hindering my financial aid. So anyway back to the point, i’m working on an appeal and researching my odds. I really hope they reconsider. I know the pell is only 2775 but it makes all the difference.
Community college is a lot more affordable then a university but i’m saving every extra penny to be able to transfer to a 4 year university. FAU is the traditional transfer school but I would like to go to FSU thats my dream. I lived in Tally briefly and had a hard time making it on my own, I would love to go back as an FSU student and graduate with a degree in Education.
At this rate i’ll probably graduate by the time i’m 27/28 years old but I will be the first person in my entire family to do so. Eventually one day i’ll have a family and kids of my own. I want to work on the being the best me I can be now, education wise, health wise, career wise, for my future family. Its stressful thinking about it this much but it has to be done.
