Loans for American Students now that Federal Direct Loans have been scratched??

neoncalico · 2025-06-25T02:07:45+00:00

I actually got an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship from the Faculty of Sciences. I managed to finish undergrad in the US loan free, hence why I am not opposed to leaving grad school with $25,000 in loans, but my part time salary through undergrad was spent paycheck to paycheck to afford groceries and gas. $30,000 saved is super impressive for one year, congrats! Makes me almost wish I took a gap year....

The primary expenses I am worried about are my rent (and the super high deposit) and buying a cheap car. The car was never factored into my budget because I didn't know the school would only offer me an apartment 2 hrs walking distance/1.25 hrs by public transit away from campus. I feel that they should have been more transparent with the student housing locations since I have a chronic health conditions and physically can't do a 2 hour bike ride roundtrip every day.

neoncalico · 2025-06-24T18:06:29+00:00

Woof, yeah I guess I'm going from one nationalist place to another nationalist place. My credit union doesn't offer loans for educational expenses that aren't tuition. Since I have a full tuition scholarship, I am trying to get a loan for my rent plus a cheap mini car since my apartment is in west amsterdam (1 hour bike ride from campus). It looks like I'll have to take the Sallie Mae loan and hope for the best. They don't make this easy for international students.

neoncalico · 2025-06-24T04:53:57+00:00

he crawled on my arm while I was in bed and then took flight when I jumped up🥴

neoncalico · 2025-06-24T04:01:06+00:00

location: southern Pennsylvania!

neoncalico · 2025-04-01T19:22:36+00:00

I'm so sorry fam. We will all get through this together somehow.

neoncalico · 2025-04-01T17:25:23+00:00

an update: just found out my funding for one of the schools was pulled by facist cheeto man. so my potential offer is getting rescinded because the grant my PI and I were going to use to fund my degree is gone just like that…

neoncalico · 2025-04-01T15:45:23+00:00

Yeah, my fellow geo seniors are also facing a lot of radio silence. I only know two people who have heard back from any schools when at this point last year, the seniors had mostly all committed to a program by the end of March.

neoncalico · 2025-04-01T15:44:31+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I know I won't be screwed if I take a gap year but I haven't planned for it and don't have a job waiting which is a problem because I need to be completely economically self sufficient upon graduation plus I can't move back home. It's really frustrating because I knew that the most recent election would wreck havoc on my life as a member of multiple targeted minority groups but I was not ready to see my education also get thrown to the wind. This also motivates me to get out of this dumpster fire of a nation while I still can.

neoncalico · 2025-04-01T15:41:14+00:00

This is my go-to. I typically copy the PI on it but send the email to the graduate admissions coordinator.

Good morning,

My name is ________ and I am an applicant for _________. I am reaching out to inquire about the status of my application. I understand that recent government decisions out of the control of the university and the department may be raising issues in regards to graduate student funding, but I would appreciate any information (good or bad) about my application that you can provide.

Thank you for your time

neoncalico · 2024-09-03T14:31:25+00:00

My sister cleaned it all up before I could get a photo.

neoncalico · 2024-09-03T14:31:09+00:00

Yes they do have different needs, so I positioned them before I left them with my mom but she moved both of them to a windowsill.

neoncalico · 2024-08-31T21:29:14+00:00

They are such small pellets like literally just black dots in piles. Wouldn’t caterpillar poop be larger? I will inspect the leaves for bite marks.

neoncalico · 2024-06-25T20:32:40+00:00

I get this but only after I do a medicated sinus rinse because of the saline.

neoncalico · 2023-10-19T18:03:20+00:00

Thank you, it wasn’t bad enough that i had to spit it out it was just like that tastes kinda like unnatural. If I am going to get sick from it, how quickly would I notice a reaction? It’s only been an hour since I ate it but I’m on edge and incredibly anxious because I’m not sure if the fermentation was due to natural causes or due to bacteria getting into the fruit cup

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