I was accepted to a graduate program! YAY! Excitement!
I thought as i was fighting with all the requirements for the application that that was the hard part. I was wrong.
As an undergraduate, financial aid is handed to you. You really don't have to worry in the state of Georgia how you are going to pay for college. There was HOPE, and PELL, and then loans. Graduate School is different. All you have are scholarships that entry level students don't really have access to, and loans. Lots of loans.
but here is the other problem. As an undergrad... its unlikely that you have credit. Not necessarily bad credit... just not enough. Which means that private loaners, banks, etc aren't willing to give you the loans. and if your parents are financially burdened, they can't help you either. You're pretty much screwed.
Also, they don't accept you to these schools early enough that you can get into a decent dorm. So you are scrambling for housing.
My advice... Do everything as early as you can... because then you have more time to scramble...
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