So. In short, before I get whisked off to work:
One of the local community colleges has offered me a grant in excess of my tuition and fees for that school. Instead of going overboard and taking 22 credit hours at my University, I’m going to go to the community college and finish off my basic courses.
A big deciding factor in all of this is that I will be 24 this summer. Because of that, I will finally, finally, FINALLY be eligible for independent student status! I won’t have to rely on my parents’ financial information anymore, and that means that the university should be offering me many more grants, scholarships and – though I hope not to have to take them out – loans. This year I was supposed to receive free tuition, but due to the fact that I was placed on academic progress probation, I lost them. I should be able to get that back in the Fall and Summer semesters (WAHOO!).
It will also be nice not to have to call my parents and bug the bejesus out of them for my financial aid information.
In summary, that means that I’ll be graduating Fall of 2011 instead of summer or something like that.
ETA: Old post is old. I have more thoughts on this that I’ll post later.