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Dauntilus
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OK... so i took a few classes at University of Pheonix online. I can say that i was less then empressed with there finance department and their methods. To the point of fraud actually. And i think that i may indeed have discovered what they do that got them investigated by the FBI in 2004. Cause they claimed they owed me 1400.00 and they are ignoring my attempts to contact them.
But that aside here is my delima.
I am 24. i have a wife and a 4 year only son. I am a recent layoff victim of the new glorious economy. I use to work for Pfizer but the drug i worked on flopped. now i am nearing the end of my unemployment and dont have a clue what to do.
I have been un-enrolled at UoP for about 5 months now and i need to get back into college. Currently i am interested in computer animation at FullSail university. The classes are online for a Bachelor of computer science degree. I Have a passion for computer animation and want to do this for the rest of my life. Pixar is where i hope to be working in the next 4 years or so.
The perfect scenerio for my situation would be for me to move to Florida and take classes on campus to get the best expierence i can for what i want to do and then eventually move to california and get a job at pixar.
Issues... i am on unemployment and have no money to move... so... i have opted to take the classes online. this is not only 25 thousand cheaper.... but i wont have to move or anyting to take the classes.
I also get the GI bill so once i get school going i will get 1000.00 dollars a month to help pay for college.
So now given a little background on my history i need some advice from people with personal EXP or people who know alot about college/financialaid in general.
1 if tuition for my degree is 50k will financial aid cover the tuition or am i going to have to come out of poket a big chunk of money every set of classes?
2. My FAFSA on file ends here real soon so do i need to fill out a new one or update my processed one.
3. If my EFC number was based off of me living single and now i have 2 dependents how should i go about updating this? or... will filling out a new/renewed FAFSA get me a new EFC number?
4. FullSail requires that all students have a laptop provided by them to do didgital animation (or whatever your degree is) in these cases can this be figured into my tuition or am i going to have to fork out 2000-4000 dollars for a high performance laptop up front?
I have about 6 weeks to figure out what i am going to do or im gonna be workin fast food or something with no way to get ahead and get to college and do something that i will actually enjoy. Any advice anyone can give me would be awesome thanks.
But that aside here is my delima.
I am 24. i have a wife and a 4 year only son. I am a recent layoff victim of the new glorious economy. I use to work for Pfizer but the drug i worked on flopped. now i am nearing the end of my unemployment and dont have a clue what to do.
I have been un-enrolled at UoP for about 5 months now and i need to get back into college. Currently i am interested in computer animation at FullSail university. The classes are online for a Bachelor of computer science degree. I Have a passion for computer animation and want to do this for the rest of my life. Pixar is where i hope to be working in the next 4 years or so.
The perfect scenerio for my situation would be for me to move to Florida and take classes on campus to get the best expierence i can for what i want to do and then eventually move to california and get a job at pixar.
Issues... i am on unemployment and have no money to move... so... i have opted to take the classes online. this is not only 25 thousand cheaper.... but i wont have to move or anyting to take the classes.
I also get the GI bill so once i get school going i will get 1000.00 dollars a month to help pay for college.
So now given a little background on my history i need some advice from people with personal EXP or people who know alot about college/financialaid in general.
1 if tuition for my degree is 50k will financial aid cover the tuition or am i going to have to come out of poket a big chunk of money every set of classes?
2. My FAFSA on file ends here real soon so do i need to fill out a new one or update my processed one.
3. If my EFC number was based off of me living single and now i have 2 dependents how should i go about updating this? or... will filling out a new/renewed FAFSA get me a new EFC number?
4. FullSail requires that all students have a laptop provided by them to do didgital animation (or whatever your degree is) in these cases can this be figured into my tuition or am i going to have to fork out 2000-4000 dollars for a high performance laptop up front?
I have about 6 weeks to figure out what i am going to do or im gonna be workin fast food or something with no way to get ahead and get to college and do something that i will actually enjoy. Any advice anyone can give me would be awesome thanks.