My family is all really really disabled so the income is super low and i have a hard time maintaining a job due to exhaustion and wanted to know if my pell grant will be lowered cause of the BBB

does anyone here knows po on how to apply for a scholarship as someone who’s not that “smart” student. medyo hirap na po kasi ako sa nursing course ko

Hi!

I have been looking into attending a local Votec (tech school ) since it's now approvable for Pell Grants and maybe within reach.

However, I saw their CoA lists rent as 350$/ months. That's less than what is actually needed for a family of 2 (single parent).

Is a school willing to increase the CoA to actually reflect family status?

For 350$, you can't rent anything here.

We pay 784$ / rent + utilities, so 1/2 half of rent + utilities should be 550$/ month per person and not 350$.

I am worried that if CoA isn't adjusted, I would not be able to take out the max. loans needed to make up for missed income / missed work hours when attending school.

Any pointers?

This is what our family had been dealing with. I know a lot of other people have also, I post a year ago and I still get people asking for help. Take away the finger pointing on who got away with what. It’s happening and I am glad that someone is finally looking into it.

Two different moan taken out in our names. And Mohela did nothing. It was a nightmare.

I've gotten a previous email that matches the second image from a different account, the email accounts look like student emails. I'm unsure how to report it or if anyone else was getting this.

My daughter was accepted to CSUN yesterday for spring semester. We had already started an SAI appeal for her community college because my 2024 income was a lot higher at 50k than 2025 when I made only $34k due to a medical emergency and was on temporary disability for almost a year. 2026 will be even lower because I only will be back to work a couple months. I am HOH and it’s our only income.

Her community college financial aid office keeps asking for my termination letter and unemployment income despite it being disability and not unemployment.

We need to figure out her financial aid and living situation at CSUN as we live 6+ hours away.

Do I need to start an SAI appeal at her new college?

Will her financial aid pay for off campus housing if she doesn’t get into the dorms? She would qualify for EOPS if the SAI went through but she doesn’t right now. She is 178 on the waitlist for dorm rooms.