{"id":374,"date":"2017-12-11T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T19:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/?p=374"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:56:08","slug":"darina-kozoub-hunter-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/darina-kozoub-hunter-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Darina Kozoub, Hunter College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-428 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Darina-storybank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I study Precolonial History.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I am a 4th year student receiving\u00a0 a TAP award and the Pell Grant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I work 30 hours a week as a home attendant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Pell covers textbooks, metrocard and food.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I live with my mom so I don&#8217;t have to worry about rent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is stressful to work and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>be in school.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I wouldn&#8217;t be in school if I didn&#8217;t receive financial aid.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I&#8217;d be working.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I am not graduating on time, I have to stay an extra year and will run out of TAP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It stresses me out a lot I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m going to do.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It&#8217;s really messed up that in order to receive TAP I&#8217;ve been forced to be full time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It&#8217;s a lot of work, I can&#8217;t handle it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The workload from five classes is a lot.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Paper after paper.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>12 credits is considered full time but you can&#8217;t graduate on time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most people I know don&#8217;t graduate in 4 years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The hardest part about being a student is balancing work and finances, it effects my mental health.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We need better mental health services!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Food is super expensive too, especially at Hunter which is on the Upper East Side. Who can afford to spend $10 a day on food? It&#8217;d be great if there was an affordable option for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I study Precolonial History.\u00a0 I am a 4th year student receiving\u00a0 a TAP award and the Pell Grant.\u00a0 I work 30 hours a week as a home attendant.\u00a0 Pell covers textbooks, metrocard and food.\u00a0 I live with my mom so I don&#8217;t have to worry about rent. 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