This is my second bachelor\u2019s degree. Even though I do get some financial aid, it does not cover my whole tuition. I\u2019m in a difficult position since I\u2019m a full-time student it\u2019s not possible for me to also work full-time. I work part-time and that\u2019s just enough to get me by with my expenses. Then the question arises, how do I pay the rest of my tuition after TAP because I don\u2019t get any Pell. So, I ask for loans, I ask for private loans, I ask for federal loans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s just so unfortunate because even if I\u2019m a second degree student, this is a public institution and education is a public right and is a civil right. Not only should we be taken care of for our first degree, but anytime we want to further our education, further our life. Whether it\u2019s a second degree or graduate level studies, we should not be paying out of pocket. My first degree was from Brooklyn College. For my first degree, my tuition was covered by Pell and by TAP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It feels like you are always stuck it feels like you will never move on with your life. I live under a decent standard of living. Sometimes I do end up borrowing money from my parents. I have difficulty buying books, I barely get to buy my textbooks, the commute is an issue. This makes life very difficult, spending your energies in places where you should not be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is my second bachelor\u2019s degree. Even though I do get some financial aid, it does not cover my whole tuition. I\u2019m in a difficult position since I\u2019m a full-time student it\u2019s not possible for me to also work full-time. I work part-time and that\u2019s just enough to get me by with my expenses. Then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,106],"tags":[18,28,19,15,20,36,126],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school","category-city-college-of-ny","tag-job","tag-pell-grant","tag-student-loans","tag-tap","tag-textbooks","tag-transit","tag-tuition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}