THE PAPER TRAIL TO COLLEGE EVENT HELPS STUDENTS, PARENTS USE AID FORMS TO FIND EDUCATION FUNDS.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer With rising state college and university fees coming this fall, prospective college students and their parents learned Saturday how to fill out the lengthy financial aid applications needed to secure scholarships and loans. Dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. the L.A. Free Cash for College Day, the event posted financial aid experts at 16 schools around the city to provide one-on-one help in filling out forms. Most families need some kind of help paying the bill. ``It's $20,000 per year in fees,'' said Reseda High student Sanghamitra Pottam, 18, who wants to attend the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , this fall. ``Financial aid is really important because I can't stand on my own yet, so I need help paying that.'' Undergraduate students at University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). and Cal State University campuses are looking at a 10 percent increase under the governor's current budget proposal. Graduate students could see a 40 percent increase ``If the fees are going to go up, I'm going to go to Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , and use that back door into those other schools,'' said Taft High student Crescentia Muljawan, 17, who attended a financial aid workshop at Pierce on Saturday morning. Fees at community colleges are also on the rise, from $18 a credit hour to $26 a credit hour - a 44 percent increase. Despite cost increases, families can still find assistance and should not defer de·fer 1 v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers v.tr. 1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). v.intr. or skip college, officials said. Grants, scholarships, low-interest loans and work-study programs Noun 1. work-study program - an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart are available if students take the time to fill out the often overwhelming paperwork. ``It's very nerve-racking and scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar ,'' said Stephanie Mergenthal of Reseda, whose daughter, Angela, is a junior at Louisville High School Louisville High School may refer to:
``For me, I'm a single parent and nobody is helping me. Hopefully, if I start planning this year, then next year it won't be as scary.'' More information about the Free Cash for College program is available at www.lafreecashforcollege.org. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: David Huemer of Agoura listens Saturday as Azadeh Jahanbakhsh explains a form at the L.A. Free Cash for College Day at Pierce College. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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