Pell Grant To Pay For School

I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of a Pell Grant but they are amazing! I want to share with you my personal experience with this government grant and how it helped me pay for school. I had heard of these types of grants before and didn’t think much about them until my friend got one through the university he was attending. The money went to pay for his tuition and what was left over he got to keep! The best part was that he didn’t have to pay any of it back! It was like free money from the Federal Government! Thanks Uncle Sam! Well after hearing that I was definitely excited so I decided to look into it more.
After searching online a little bit I found some useful information on how this grant works. According to the U.S. Department of Education the Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post baccalaureate students to promote access to post secondary education. There are about 5,400 different post secondary schools that accept this government grant so it’s not hard to find a college where you can apply for this grant. The amount of money you will get from the Federal Government depends on how much money your family is contributing towards your education, the cost of attendance, student’s enrollment status, and whether you attend for a full academic year or less. Oh and you can’t receive Federal Pell Grant funds from more than one school at a time.
So I also found out how the money is actually dispersed or awarded. For the most part this government grant is for students who do not yet have their bachelor degree and is only for post-bachelor degrees if you are getting a teacher certification. So the participating school either credits the Federal Pell Grant money to the student’s school account, pays the student directly, or a combination of both of these options. Students must be paid at least once per term. How great does all that sound?
So now that I found out all the basic information that I needed I was ready to apply! I did some more searching on the internet and while looking for Pell Grants I also discovered that there were hundreds and hundreds of other grants that I might qualify for as well! Wow! It’s amazing what a little internet searching will do! I found one site that offers a free CD that lists tons of government grants such as grants for housing, grants for education, grants for starting your own business, grants for minorities and many more. They even help you with the application process. The site I found was http://www.grantgenerator.com, they are pretty cool if you ask me and they are definitely worth checking out.
So to make a long story short I applied for my Federal Pell Grant and easily qualified. I received the money I needed for tuition and even got a few hundred dollars back in cash! That money sure helped especially since I’m a starving student! All I have to say is thanks President Obama! Thanks for helping me get my education! It’s great to be a citizen in this great country, even if it is struggling there are still options out there to help people.

President Obama’s Grant Program

President Obama’s Grant Program: A beacon to us all
Since his election to office, President Obama’s primary goal has been to revitalize the economy. It was no secret that America has been in financial turmoil over the past couple of months. American’s knew they needed to make a change in the government, and that would most likely include a change in Presidency. We needed a President who was totally unique, someone to had the positive energy and ability to turn our economy around. That’s probably why Obama was the best candidate. He focused on the fact that “it is time for a change”.
So, how does President Obama plan to do this? By putting more money into the hands of more Americans in the form of government grants. The President and our new government understand the hardships that most American’s have had throughout the past few years: raising gas prices, the sub-prime mortgage crash, unemployment, and record highs of unemployment.
The housing market seems to have completely crashed. Most people seem to owe more money than their house is even worth in places like California, New York, Florida etc. Different states have come up with different attack plans on fixing their economy. California has doubled registration fees, increased gas prices all over the state, and of course it is inevitable that they had record high layoffs for all in State jobs. But, is this enough? This may help the state but what are people doing to help out the consumers who are upside down on their houses, without a job, etc. I mean really, if every state increased their gas prices, there would be a lot of people who wouldn’t even be able to afford transportation.
This is where President Obama’s plan is unique. He plans to help the economy by actually helping the people which will in result help our economy. People WANT to stay in their homes, they WANT to be able to make payments. What better way to fix our economy than to enable these honest people to make their payments. If they make their payments it will be better for the bank too and little by little we will see less foreclosures.
So, you may be wondering, “how do I go about applying for a grant”? Or, you may be concerned that the government only gives out free government grant money to a very select few. Well, I actually spent some time researching online and I was shocked to see how easy to apply for grants and right now everyone qualifies. Now it is just a matter of getting the word out. During my research, I found a site that was most helpful. They actually offer step by step tips on how to get the most free government grant money possible. Here is the URL https://secure.securesiteorders.com/grants/1231/100/index1104-1.html?subid=xxagentidxx&subid2=xxc1xx?=&hitid=jjhitjj .
So, if you are like the millions of other American’s struggling to get by in this economy you should go to the site and stop missing out on anymore free money.