Posts Tagged ‘students’

This is a College GPA Question , Any experts, knowledgable students out there?!~?

My Community College allows to re-take a class and you get the grade on the second attempt no matter what.COmmon everywhere I think, However MY QUESTION is if you get an F the first time and say you have a 4.0 GPA and it messed it up, the second time you get an A, will [...]

What are some scholarships, grants, or financial aid for students who have or have had cancer?

My brother was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma when he was 15 and missed his sophmore junior and senior year due to difficulties with his disease. He did however graduate but since it was in his leg he has trouble getting around and at 22 he still lives at home with the family…he’s now attending [...]

What do you think about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s plan to eliminate programs that help families & students?

“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to completely eliminate the state’s welfare program for families, medical insurance for low-income children and Cal Grants cash assistance to college and university students.” I think his proposal is completely insane. Yes, let’s just stop helping those who need the most aid/assistance. It makes perfect sense……not! The last thing we [...]

financial aid/loans for international students in the US?

My son enters college next year and I am freaking out on the college fees. We are not US citizens. Is there any way we could apply for aid. If it is a student loan what is the interest charged?
Can he enter on merit or athletic scholarship. He is good at basketball

Should this government give medical students more scholarships or some incentive?

We need more efficient (not overworked) medical staff.
So nurses and doctors would not work overtime and make so many mistakes with patients.
If someone
is allergic its on the chart…They need to read the charts….many don’t seem to..That is only one of the many problems in hospitals .
I have had problems and many other I know.
Sometimes I [...]

Everyone says “there’s lots of money out there for college students”, but where?

She has a FAFSA loan already, it helps some. But she wants to go to school full time and cut back work. I have spent countless hours online searching for scholarships (white, single, lives off campus, no children, live in Ohio) but its so daunting and we haven’t come up with anything yet.
The [...]

My friend is still the recovery of the purse of his country gave him when we get married?

My friend is from Turkey. His country gave him a full scholarship to live here (USA) and for his tuition fees for his MA and PhD. He said if decided to stay in America he must repay his country. We want to get married in the future. And we will stay here in America. If [...]

Are there programs for new teachers in Texas-as students- to help get them through school- Grants/ contracts?

My friend is a nurse and the hospital she works in gave her a salary and helped pay for her education while she was in school with a contract stating she would work for them for the following 5 years and she would graduate with a certain GPA and within a certain timeframe. This set [...]

Teachers, are you in a bind because “winning is everything,” but all your students can’t win?

1. I see a contradiction in the public school education system.
2. On the hand, there is the ideal of teachers helping every student be successful.
3. But on the other hand, there is the reality that student are really in a “dog eat dog” competition against each other, competing to get in the [...]

College, Age and Teaching College Students?

Should a 45-year old male consider returning to college for the purpose of becoming a professor? I have a B.A. in Sociology. I graduated from college in 1994. My life has been washed ashore a few times in the last 16 years. I am currently working in a field that pays very [...]