hey yall! my best friend is struggling to pay off her tuition this semester and she could really use help. i know everyone's stretched for funds rn, but if you can reblog this post or throw a couple of bucks her way we would really appreciate it! anything helps! linked is the gofundme i made her. if you would like a more direct form of payment, go ahead and send me an ask or a dm and i can get that info to you!

as of right now 02/26/24, we're at $340/$2020!

Hello lovely bitches! I need some advice 🥲

Basically, the FAFSA fucked me over. They didn’t fix their algorithm to account for modern poverty and inflation, and I’m currently ineligible for Pell. This is an issue because—spoiler alert—I’m poor! I am financially eligible for Pell! I’m contacting FAFSA and my local senators about this really grave computer error.

Is there anything I can do financially to help save money in this time? Or at least anything I can do to freak out less 😅

Darling, we are SO PROUD OF YOU for contacting your reps and the FAFSA people. That is exactly what you should be doing, and it's not easy so good on ya. Let us know how it goes.

Other than that, this is everything we know about paying for school:

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The University of Waterloo says it will offer free tuition to qualified students from the two First Nations communities whose traditional grounds the school sits upon.

It says those who are members of the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation will be considered for the initiative.

“This announcement is part of Waterloo’s efforts toward indigenization, decolonization and reconciliation, which are at the heart of the values guiding us as an institution of higher learning,” Waterloo president Vivek Goel stated.

“We hope that by reducing financial barriers for these students we will encourage them to participate in our innovative academic, entrepreneurship and co-op programs, which increases their future opportunities while strengthening communities and economies.”

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Hey,

I’d really really appreciate if you guys could please donate to this gofundme.

I’m under immense pressure to graduate this spring by my abusive parents and they have made it clear if I don’t, I’m on my own financially, which I cannot do due to them preventing me from working for all of high school and college

I need to do this internship to graduate on time.

Please help me.

I don’t want to spend more time under either parent’s thumb.

gofundme

Hi !! I'm graduating early in a week and need help financially as my family isn't offering to pay really any of my tuition - my household is extremely toxic and where I'm at right now is very detrimental to my physical and mental health and I need to be able to get out as soon as I can- when I move I'll have a pretty stable and job and will be able to pay the second half of this on my own without much assistance but at this moment I need a large majority of 12k covered- any contributions are greatly appreciated as are reblogs :) Thank you ! <3 /nf https://t.co/TgdACBmeF9

Help a black bisexual pay for college 💕😭

Anything is appreciated!

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Please see links in this bio for full links to sign up. SB 470 full text

FROM TAMPA BAY AREA TO TALLAHASSEE Let's get as many people there! 🍉 If you need or can give a ride, please fill out the form. LINKS ARE IN BIO 🍉 No Garuntees, but we will connect people on a first come, first serve basis. Please fill out ASAP "STAND WITH PALESTINE! DEFEAT SB470! -Statewide Mobilization to Tallahassee TUESDAY, JAN. 30th @ 4pm @ the Florida Senate Building DeSantis and the Florida legislature are trying to make standing with Palestine a crime - SB470 will threaten financial aid for students "promoting foreign terrorist organizations" We see right through this. The Florida legislature is scared of the pro-Palestine movement and will do anything to stop it. To that, we say HELL NO! We invite all progressive forces/groups to join us in standing with Palestine! End US Aid to Israel! Defend Freedom of Speech!"

Check, please!

I applied for a distribution from my son's college savings plan in late November. It didn't come and didn't come, but I know how difficult the mail carriers have it around Christmas, so I stayed patient. By the first week of January, I called the financial folks and asked them to cancel the first check and issue a new one. They said they would, not problem . . but here I am, more than two weeks later . . still no check in the mail!! Due to some ridiculous tech issue between them and my bank, I cannot get direct deposit (I tried). It's . . . frustrating.

Hello my lovely nerds,

This is a long shot as I am on the 'poor-person-web-site' and I know it. BUT, if you wouldn't mind having a look at this gofundme, for me to get back to school.

My depression and the pandemic hit me really hard. Back in 2019 it was my goal to be going back to school this year at the latest so I started saving at the time. If I Had been able to work full time since then as I assumed I would I would have more than enough to cover this - even with Ianto's added expenses. As it is, I am now in a worse spot than I was in early 2021 because I couldn't work and lived in a much more expensive place to recover my brain. It really did numbers on my savings... as in... I was a few weeks away from homelessness when I got the job in Camel Town.

I now have enough of a cushion that I won't be going without a roof anytime soon but no way enough to meet the UK's student visa requirements.

Right at the bottom of the text there is a video of me sight reading a passage, I am very happy to take 'commissions' for sight reading. Let me know what text you want read and I'll do it for 5 dollars - 10 if its more than a page lol.

In fact, if all of this blog's followers are real people and not bots, than 10 dollars from each of you will fill this right up to the top.

As always, I don't actually expect to make money off of tumblr, but if you could share/rebagle/forward this fundraiser to people I would love you for ever. I'm going to at a few big-names that I know of on here - or who feel like big names to me lol. No pressure to the tagged people. Just looking to spread the word.

@allthecanadianpolitics

@chaotic-archaeologist

@theancientgeekoroman

@archaeologistproblems

@creekfiend

thank you again

Francis Gregory Wood, Class of 1858, paid his bill for the semester on August 11, 1856: $123.50 for tuition and fees (roughly $4,600 in 2023 dollars).

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A tuition increase of 5.5 per cent for domestic students and current international students was approved by the University of Alberta Friday morning.

Business undergrads will pay more than $527 more, engineering undergrads $476 more, and arts and science undergrads $358 more in 2023-24.

International undergraduate students who were admitted before Fall 2020 will be charged an extra $1,300 to $1,800 depending on their program.

New international students will face a 6.5-per cent tuition increase starting Fall 2024. [...]

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Finally got my email for my 3k scholarship. Kinda annoyed they want me to split it over time but woo money. I might still be able to fully use it on first years tuition but idk. Anyways I also got another email for the Governors Merit scholarship so I gotta figure out how much that is and if I get it. 💪