#finacialaid

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#852 I'm a grad student. Last week I skipped a class because my fin aid wasn't in and I was so broke that I couldn't afford the train fare to campus. Roomies keep dropping hints that I should buy nicer toilet paper and organic home products. I feel SO alone so much of the time. It's like I'm undercover - as a white working class woman, people don't usually know that I'm poor and I actively try to hide it. Every day is a battle against imposter syndrome, but I want to prove that I deserve to be here.

[columbiaclassconfessionsflip]

#846 Working on my undergrad for 6 years, still a sophomore. GS has no finaid (loans aren't aid, 3-4k GS grant is a joke against 1.6k/credit). Just illegally evicted from 1st apt after 4yrs homelessness because landlord had a psychotic break. Hope no one finds out I'm a sex worker / drug dealer, then I'm REALLY fucked. So proud to be American, where I can't be legit and afford education+rent. Suicidally depressed but can't access a shrink who takes medicaid. White male, but privileged?

[thesocialinconvenience]

Financial Aid…

If only it paid for ALL of college, it only pays for 3/4 of it. Although its a wonderful experience, I don't want to have to pay so much for it…