Skip to main content
Paying for College

Paying for College

College can be expensive — learn how others are thinking about college affordability
2
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

Do all of the colleges in USA provide scholarships and financial aids more or less, for international students?

I have good grades and a lot of ECAs.

2
2
14
2 years ago
Question

I have no money for college. Help.

I am a Junior in HS with 4 older sisters and 1 younger. My parents never had the money to save for me, because they were busy taking care of my sisters and I, but they still make $100,00+ a year. Beca …

14
5
5
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

How to write the Commonapp Essay

So I'm a rising senior, and I wish to start on the main Commonapp essay, but I don't have any ideas on prompts or what to write on. What should I avoid when writing this major essay?

5
3
4
2 years ago
Question

Am I screwed?

I'm an international student, have no US citizenship let alone a green card, not currently residing in the States, and my parents have said they can't assist me with my college tuition. I have no mone …

4
4
2
2 years ago
Question

Passion Project Ideas/activities for a (Aspiring) Finance Major

I would like to get some ideas for passion project. I am a passionate Investment learner.... Planning to invest in cyrpto. Love to learn trading graphs. Also I am passionate about super cars.

2
0
2 years ago
Discussion

*Pretend This Never Existed*

Please No, I wanted to delete this but was not able to figure out how to.

0
4
2
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

How to get loans for college

I only need 10k to attend my college. I'm an A student with really good grades but come from a low-income household. My mother has bad credit and I'm only 16. What do I do? I've already applied to the …

2
2
17
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

Scholarships

I need help find good scholarships. I used to do scholarships everyday until I kept getting rejected so I stopped now I need scholarships that are guaranteed to get or something.

17
1
7
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

I don't qualify for any financial aid, but I don't have enough to afford private colleges.

How can I find colleges that might offer me academic scholarships? I am a straight A student.

7
1
2
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

why do we pay to apply to universities when we are looking for scholarships is it not meant to be free

like am 16 trying to get a scholarship but I am being told to apply but I have to pay to send my application I don't have money or an account and even if I get how sure am i they will accept me talk …

2
2
14
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

Does anyone know a legitimate scholarship website?

I feel like every scholarship website I go and click on, just confuses me even more, and feel like they are just trying to waste my time. Can anyone recommend websites that are good, or "legit"? Or, a …

14
4
12
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

What scholarships actually work?

I've been applying , even writing stuff for it but I don't get any emails. Which ones are legit and work. I only need 4k.

12
1
1
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

how i can afford above 10K for college

Although I have low grades and GPA, my parents earned less than 1k.

1
2
3
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

How do i get scholarships for studying in the States?

I'm from india...i need around 24,044.03 US Dollars for moving out from India to US...

which includes flight fares, hotel fares, transport, dorm essentials, college fees after aid and etc...

in Indian c …

3
9
0
2 years ago
Question

Scholarships for international highschool student

Hi,

I've been having trouble finding scholarships for the past few months, because they're never for international students, like I look up scholarships for international highschool students, but they …

0
2
4
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

Divorced Parents + College Net Cost

Hi there, I'm a junior in high school looking for the next steps when it comes to college and the cost. My parents have stated they will not help pay, so I'm trying to figure out net costs and FAFSA b …

4
3
2
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Discussion

How would the FAFSA work for foster children.

My grandparents are my foster parents, and they are both on retirement. What would I put for my income?

2
1
0
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

Scholarships for international students

I'm currrently in last year of High School and I'm an international student,

My overall academics in 2nd year were 91%, 3rd year was 70% and I have lots of Extra curriculars

I got 1220 on my first sat, …

0
2
5
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Question

What type of help can i get?

My mom is a single mother for 11 years now because my dad left and became a drug addict and then died in 2021. My mom works in retail and won't be able to fully help for college. What type of help can …

5
2
9
🎉 First post
2 years ago
Discussion

Should I Continue With My Extracurriculars in High School?

I (soon-to-be 9th grade) will have to make the hard decision of quitting a few of my after-school activities in order to be able to have enough time to study for classes, but I don't know which ones t …

9
4
Displaying questions 121-140 of 713 total
 

Join the conversation

Ask a question
Start a discussion
See how your peers are thinking about college admissions.
Reply to a post
Help other students and share your experiences.

How karma works

Community Guidelines

To keep this community safe and supportive:

  1. Be kind and respectful!
  2. Keep posts relevant to college admissions and high school.
  3. Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!