Gerald Said:

What are some SAFE scholarship websites for college students?

We Answered:

The original college websites are the safest ones.

Henry Said:

Why is a CA community college offering scholarship to illegal alien students when that state is bankrupt?

We Answered:

As I understand it, the scholarships that go to the illegals will actually take away money from Americans that might otherwise qualify for assistance. This is an outrage, here we sit at $30 billion or more in debt and these illegals already costing those of us that reside in this state almost $10 billion each year.

Why no one in the State legislature has considered a law similar to the one in Arizona as just one small way of cutting our debt, is beyond me. Honestly, what chance does California have of becoming solvent if the people of this state are forced to support illegal immigrants (from all countries).

I get angry when the people of this state vote to stop funding free medical services for illegals, except in life of death cases, and some jerk-off judge takes it upon himself to declare that it is unconstitutional. First, it should be unconstitutional for an idiot judge to be able to steal the votes of more that 4 million people, secondly the constitution of the United States was written to protect the citizens of this country, it was not written for illegals to come over here and to be protected.

When people start to use our constitution to base the rights of the illegals, it shows me that they do not care about this country for which I placed my life on the line to defend. I did not join the Army in 1966 to preserve the rights of illegal immigrants and it really boggles my mind that anyone on the entire planet can believe that granting amnesty is the answer to out problems.

We granted amnesty in 1986 and probably a dozen times if you include before and after that date. Time to wake up folks, it has not solved our illegal immigration problem, if anything it has made it worse. Now they come, hiding and waiting for the next wave of amnesty programs.

Enough is enough, it is time to start enforcing our laws, start the new Eisenhower regime on illegal immigrants (operation wet-back, without the dash) from 1953.

@John Gibson,
I don't care who's pocket it comes out of, the illegals shouldn't even be here, if we enforced our laws they wouldn't be around to collect a free ride. If they want an education here in the US, tell them to get a student visa.

Mario Said:

Community college students: Have you ever been considered over qualified for financial aid?

We Answered:

I think perhaps, if you got a Pell Grant, you weren't *overqualified* as much as your school's costs were quite low. Financial aid, and especially grant money, is usually offered based on a percentage of financial need (cost of attendance as determined by the college minus Expected Family Contribution--EFC--equals need). Because most grant funds available to the college is a set allocation of funds (they get a certain amount of money to award as grants) the financial aid office sets up a formula to award it as fairly as possible. The more able you are to contribute to your own education (a higher EFC) the more likely you are to get a smaller percentage of grant money. Pell eligible students are generally quite needy and get a larger percentage of grants because they are less able to help themselves. Middle EFC students (those over the Pell limits to about 6,000 to 7,000) may qualify for non-federal (state) grants or institutional funds at a community college and probably some work or loan funds. Higher EFC students generally qualify only for loans.

Yes, I know, no one wants to have loans, and all grants is a great thing, but it is a careful balance on the other side of the desk to give as many students as possible who have no resources enough money to go to school and give some to those better able to help themselves some as well. You have no idea how badly those of us who sit on my side of the equation feel when we run out of what we call discretionary grant money knowing how many more students will need that help and knowing that the piggy bank is empty. We do feel the pain of students who shouldn't have to borrow, but must because there are so many students with so much eligibility for aid and not enough grant dollars for them all.

Let me offer my congratulations on completing your degree. It does please me to know you have stayed the course and finished your program. Good luck and best wishes. I'll be thinking about you at commencement time.

Denise Said:

I am a college student at a community college in Pennsylvania, and I am looking for scholarships.?

We Answered:

You can get info about such college scholarships and grants online here - education.mypressonline.com