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**JeremyIV** · 03-09-2010, 01:57 AM

I don't have a lot of experience with grants and financial aid stuff though, and I guess I have a hard time believing in free money - any of you have any opinions? Should I try for it, or given my ability to work wherever I want, should I just suck up a bigger student loan and not even bother with this low-income school thing?
Do teachers even make more money at better schools?

Its not really free, its 'if you work for us, we will pay it for you, if not, then you have to pay us back'.

IMO it can't hurt to get the grant, since you might get a position at a school which qualifies, work there for 4 years, and never have to pay it back. At worst, you do have to pay it back later on, but you don't have an additional 16k of debt on your back immediately out of school.

03-09-2010, 01:57 AM	#2
JeremyIV Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	I don't have a lot of experience with grants and financial aid stuff though, and I guess I have a hard time believing in free money - any of you have any opinions? Should I try for it, or given my ability to work wherever I want, should I just suck up a bigger student loan and not even bother with this low-income school thing? Do teachers even make more money at better schools? Its not really free, its 'if you work for us, we will pay it for you, if not, then you have to pay us back'. IMO it can't hurt to get the grant, since you might get a position at a school which qualifies, work there for 4 years, and never have to pay it back. At worst, you do have to pay it back later on, but you don't have an additional 16k of debt on your back immediately out of school.
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