College

Have them go to community college first. It is much less expensive then the university. Make sure they apply for financial aide. The aide will come in the form of a grant or a student worker situation or a student loan. Either way it's a help. And see if they can find part time jobs at companies that do tuition reimbursement. UPS doese tuition reembursing, in Houston, the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and a lot of hospitals do also. If they want to teach they can work as a teacher aide while they go to school and the state pays for some of the tuition. Good luck.

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I work for a school district and they do a scholarship program. I think most of them are for community colleges. Talk to the guidance counselors at the school, they will know where to look even if they don't have perfect grades.

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Definitely talk to their guidance counselor about scholarships they may be eligible for. Also depending on your finances they might be eligible for financial aid in the form of grant money or loans.

A junior college is a good idea, they are less expensive and many of their classes/credits are transferable to a state college later on.

Talk to someone in the financial aid office of the college they are interested in; they can help you with scholarship info and filling out a financial aid application.

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indeed! community colleges are the way to go. almost all, if not all, will let you transfer to a big university whenever you'd like. almost everyone i went to high school with were going to Austin Community College for their basics and then transferring for their major. seems more fun that way if you ask me! GOOD LUCK!!

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I go to north Harris (now lone star) and I get financial aid through fafsa but you need to fill out the forms now, you can do it on www.fafsa.ed.gov don't go to a site that makes you pay and you can set it up to send the information to many different schools until you decide but you really need to do it soon otherwise you will have to come up with the tuition payment yourself and be reimbursed later, but there are payment plans and book vouchers to help out, I personally love north Harris and even in the Montgomery district they have been the most helpful. I was the first in my family to go to any type of college so I didn't have a clue what to do and they walked me through everything. You really have to stay on top of all the federal aid stuff but it is well worth it and the college sometimes will request additional information it is best to call them every so often and make sure things are going well.

Just another note they have recently passed a new law that once you drop 4 or 6 classes (cant rem) you are kicked out of Texas colleges, your kids should be aware not to take more than they think that they can handle especially if they work

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