Giving advice to future law students is EXACTLY like this:
Giving advice to future law students is EXACTLY like this:
I got an email a few days ago from my school:
UMN: “Hay! We received your FAFSA but you totally need to do entrance counseling for your loan. NO CRUSHING DEBT MONEY FOR YOU UNTIL YOU DO THIS!
Get on it, Snickerdoodle.
Toodles.”
So I moseyed down to the Department of Education website and completed their entrance counseling. This is the first time I’ve had to do entrance counseling, which is a series of pages that say “Hey, you really need to repay your loan or we’ll shank you!” followed by short questionnaires:
Last night Matt, Judd, and I celebrated our team’s Trivia win at the Lowertown Bulldog. We are walking back to my car when I announce my plans to drop out of law school:
My windshield wiper fluid had been empty for a week, so I was really proud of myself when I finally bought some fluid from Wal-Mart.
In fact, I was SO excited that I popped my hood in the parking lot and filled the wiper fluid right there. Just because I’m that classy.
But when I got into my car, the “you need windshield wiper fluid” light was still on.
On the way home I realized why the light was still on – I poured the windshield fluid in the radiator!
The next day I was on the phone with Valvoline. They wanted $79 to flush my radiator.
I then called my car dealership’s repair shop – they wanted $125.
I laugh at the high school seniors who sit at home weasel-faced with angst…but, hm. I sometimes wonder if I should look in the mirror.
I eventually found the ‘real’ financial aid page on OneStop, and it reads:
Step 1 – Your FAFSA was received.
Step 2 – You do not need to complete any additional requirements.
Step 3 – Wait . . . your financial aid is under review. You will receive an e-mail notice beginning late July in your University e-mail account when your awards are available for your online response.
Erm… it’s the 28th. They were not kidding when they said late July. And once I accept these loans that I will supposedly receive, how long will it take for me to get the disbursement?
Is SallieMae just sitting there ready to pelt me with money or will they have some additional hoops for me?
But maybe that’s just me being impatient. No, not maybe. It is me being impatient. But impatience is not to be confused with angst; Angst was not knowing where I would live. I knew this wait for $$ was coming…Silly Little Law Student said she didn’t get her loan until two weeks before class – so, I have about three weeks to go before I’m worried.
I’m realizing how easy financial aid would have been if I had gone to Localschool A or Otherschool B… but in spite of the prospect of soul crushing debt I still think I made the right decision… I just wish they’d get on with it already!