[Sohcahtoa82]

I'm wondering when and where you went to college and what other circumstances affected the size of your Pell grant.

I went to community college in 2009. I filed my FAFSA and if I recall correctly, my Pell grant was $300/term. Meanwhile, tuition was $115/credit. My full-time class load was nearly $2,000/term once you included the books.

When I transferred to the state University, tuition was double that and my Pell barely changed.

I was 27 years old when I started college, working at a Subway restaurant for $10/hr, had no savings, and parents that did not give me a dime after I moved out at 21.

I finished my degree with $45K in debt.

[tekknik]

My Pell grant was around $1200/term. It was enough to cover tuition, supplies and still have enough for a refund at the end of the term of about $200.

The amount you get is based on your financial need amongst other things, so likely your parent could afford some amount of tuition from the govs perspective.

Max for a Pell grant is about $7k/yr atm

[Sohcahtoa82]

> so likely your parent could afford some amount of tuition from the govs perspective.

Oh, they absolutely could have, but they didn't. Pretty sure the FAFSA even had a line about money coming from others, and I put $0.

And so I get a little salty when my peers talk about being short on money because they're paying for their kids' college.

Whatever, though. I'm making good money now, and I can accurately say that I'm a self-made man.