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To: Universities/Community Colleges and Government
Do Not Let Money Get In Our Way Of A Higher Education
With this petition, I hope that we can change the high price we pay for our education. I would like for you to lower tuition prices so that we students are not paying for a loan that we might have gotten long after graduating. If not that I think that there should be more exposure to these options we already have. Give us more options that do not put us in a position where we have to choose between our education and years of financial struggle. Help us get our higher education where we can stay focused without later having to worry about how we will pay.
Why is this important?
Here is why. Going to a university/college is not cheap, but having a college degree has become a must-have if you want an excellent job. Wanting to better ourselves and having better job opportunities should not cost an arm and a leg to do so. Having university/colleges be more affordable so that students can focus more on getting their education rather than how they are going to pay or how much debt they will be in when done with school. As a college student myself, I have experienced the strain of having to worry about how I am going to pay for my classes. Juggling a full-time job attending school part-time and the course work is not easy, and adding the stress of how I will pay makes it even harder. As I look at my situation, I think about all the other college students that are in the same position as I am. By deciding to make school more affordable, there is a bigger chance that we could have a higher rate of people that have a degree and are less in debt with student loans.
Loans, FAFSA, scholarships, work-study, and the military are some of the options that I know we have to help us pay. Still, that might not be enough, some students might not even qualify for them because of family income might be too high or they do not meet the requirements needed. In most cases, being a full-time student is a requirement that some students might not be able to meet like it is in my case. While the prices for college tuition keeps going up, so does the amount of debt the student acquires. In my research, I found that the average college student will be in a debt of 30,000 dollars or more. A student that gets student loans might be paying for them for years to come after graduating. Is this a stressor that we need in our lives after we just finish school?
Here is a little background on some of the available options. FAFSA and scholarships are money that you are not required to pay back (free money). FAFSA is as simple as filling out an application and answering some financial information. FAFSA helps to determine what you might be eligible for, like work-study, which helps students find a part time job on campus to help them with their expenses and The Promise that some colleges offer, this helps the student by having some of their fees waived. Did you know that not all college students fill out the FAFSA? It is because the student feels that they will not qualify to receive this aid, and here is why. FAFSA goes based on the family's finances; for example, if your family has a high income, you are eligible to receive zero to maybe half of the money offered. As opposed to the student whose family has a low income whom they will receive the full amount. There are also the students that opt to join the military to help them pay for school. The amount that you receive depends on how long you served, but not everyone is up for it.
Is this enough? Should we be jumping through all these hoops just to get an education? A question that comes up a lot is, "is having a higher education worth all the money and effort that you are putting in?" the answer is yes, we all want the advantages that having a college degree gives us. With this petition, we are asking for help to do just that, to get an education but without all the debt that comes with it.
Loans, FAFSA, scholarships, work-study, and the military are some of the options that I know we have to help us pay. Still, that might not be enough, some students might not even qualify for them because of family income might be too high or they do not meet the requirements needed. In most cases, being a full-time student is a requirement that some students might not be able to meet like it is in my case. While the prices for college tuition keeps going up, so does the amount of debt the student acquires. In my research, I found that the average college student will be in a debt of 30,000 dollars or more. A student that gets student loans might be paying for them for years to come after graduating. Is this a stressor that we need in our lives after we just finish school?
Here is a little background on some of the available options. FAFSA and scholarships are money that you are not required to pay back (free money). FAFSA is as simple as filling out an application and answering some financial information. FAFSA helps to determine what you might be eligible for, like work-study, which helps students find a part time job on campus to help them with their expenses and The Promise that some colleges offer, this helps the student by having some of their fees waived. Did you know that not all college students fill out the FAFSA? It is because the student feels that they will not qualify to receive this aid, and here is why. FAFSA goes based on the family's finances; for example, if your family has a high income, you are eligible to receive zero to maybe half of the money offered. As opposed to the student whose family has a low income whom they will receive the full amount. There are also the students that opt to join the military to help them pay for school. The amount that you receive depends on how long you served, but not everyone is up for it.
Is this enough? Should we be jumping through all these hoops just to get an education? A question that comes up a lot is, "is having a higher education worth all the money and effort that you are putting in?" the answer is yes, we all want the advantages that having a college degree gives us. With this petition, we are asking for help to do just that, to get an education but without all the debt that comes with it.