| If you are a single mother and have been struggling | | | | in life. Unfortunately, those dreams can often be |
| to pay your bills and make ends meet, there is the | | | | shattered by poor choices were lack of planning. |
| possibility that you can make a drastic change in your | | | | Sometimes fate steps in and decides the path of |
| life. It has to do with doing something you may have | | | | your life for you. Your path could lead to a free |
| never dreamed you would be doing again. Your life | | | | college education online or offline. |
| can change if you go back to college. | | | | If you had ever wanted to finish their college |
| Think back many years ago when you were going to | | | | education, the timing right now is excellent for |
| plant a good college. You had to do a few things | | | | accessing thousands of dollars to pay for your |
| such as copulate your out-of-pocket costs. This | | | | college degree. If you are single mother you have a |
| would include how much it would cost you to live | | | | higher chance of getting a scholarship through the |
| near your school. It would also require you to | | | | Obama administration's stimulus package. |
| estimate your costs for food, utilities, and gas to | | | | Going back to school can now be done from the |
| drive around. | | | | comfort of your home. No longer is it a necessity to |
| You would also add into this the cost of tuition, | | | | attend a college that is far away. All you need is an |
| books, and unit cost. Remember that when getting a | | | | Internet connection and the ability to motivate |
| class, they can vary between three and five units | | | | yourself to complete assignments on a daily basis. |
| depending upon whether or not they have a lab | | | | As more jobs are created, more women will be |
| associated with that particular class. | | | | needed in the workforce. This is why this |
| Once this is all factored in, you could consider your | | | | administration wants all single moms to go back to |
| cost per month. If you take the Pell Grant which has | | | | school and finish college degree that they may have |
| recently been increased by the Obama administration, | | | | started. This will help stimulate our economy hopefully |
| you would take this $10,500 and divided by 12. | | | | toward recovery. |
| This gives you roughly $850 a month that you can | | | | To get started, you need to begin the application |
| live off of. Subtract from that total amount the cost | | | | process. This starts with the FAFSA as far as |
| of college which will probably run about $4000 a | | | | financial aid is concerned. You then continue by |
| semester and you are left with $2500 if she could | | | | providing your academic history including her grades, |
| live off of or roughly $250 a month if you consider | | | | sometimes a college admission essay, and even a |
| the nine months that you're there. | | | | phone interview to determine if you have an actual |
| Now let's consider a single mother that is going to go | | | | interest in what is offered by the college. |
| back to college. To maintain this $250 excess amount | | | | Once all of this is done, you should have all of your |
| per month, she must maintain her current job and, | | | | paperwork out of the way and you can begin to plan |
| more than likely, not travel to college but take the | | | | how you will do all of the testing, homework, and |
| classes at home. This is a more realistic view of how | | | | attendance of class while you raise your family at |
| you will obtain and achieve the dreams you have in | | | | home. This is a great decision. However, you need to |
| life. | | | | start this process today. |
| Many of you have dreams of doing what she wants | | | | |