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Posted 18 May 2012 - 10:05 AM

My sister is 17 and has been a straight A student for 3 years now at a rather prestigious school here. Right now her gpa is 4.4 on a 4 scale. I try to do as much as I can for her but she relies heavily on grants and scholarships to get by. She's studying to be a chef and applied to NYU's summer program after visiting the campus for spring break. She was accepted for the 8 week program and was given a $4,000 grant. She calculated that she needs around $13,000 total for classes/room&board/flights. Are there any other programs you know I can get her into to help pay the rest of the way? I know this means a lot to her and would look great when admissions come around next year. Thanks for any help you are able to give.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 01:19 PM

Could she get sponsorship from a company of some description? That's a route one might take in this country.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 03:39 PM

I can see.

We are literally going to spend the whole weekend trying to figure it out, thank you.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 06:13 PM

The government might have grants/loans she might be able to apply for. I hope she gets it and props for being such a good sister. I hope it all works out for her.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 06:32 AM

I think you can apply for 0% interest student loans as well, but you have to make a good case, probably. It's the route I will likely have to go down to afford uni over here.

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:20 PM

Thanks guys, I'll look into it for her.

And I'll give her the well-wishes. :)

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Posted 21 May 2012 - 10:46 PM

Look up grants and scholarships, thats about the only fast thing i can think of

the more long term route: a lot of jobs are helping put employees through college, a factory i worked for had a program where they would cover half of your tuition.

the military will put you through college too, just give them a few years of your life


on topic, but different topic

first hand experience tells me that the chef job area is shit atm

Darden restaurants like Red lobster and Olive garden hire GrillMasters, tho, not too much money in it

the time and work to become a Master Chef is a little out of reach for most people, and without it your best hope is a restaurant job, which you can get without a degree, through getting certifications [Safeserve etc.] which the schools will help you get, but you can probably get them yourself too [they are just expensive exams]

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Posted 21 May 2012 - 11:29 PM

It will have to be a right now thing as it is this summer, but thank you.
And I would not allow my sister to get dragged into a war of absurdity for any reason.

I love you Jaz, I do.

But my sister is the most amazing person I have ever known.
She has been beaten and bullied and put down her entire life.
And instead of wallowing in self-pity like most, like me, she rose up and fought tooth and nail the whole way.
She does between 3 and 6 hours of homework every night to maintain a 4.4 gpa.
All while our mother makes her do every last inch of house work while she brow-beats her and treats her like a goddamn dog.
And then she does tutoring on Sundays for community service as well as taking her ACTs and SATs.

She can be a chef, she will be a chef.
Because she fucking wants it, and she'll do whatever she needs to get there.

I will not be someone to tell someone like her her goal is unattainable.
Because while it would be for most, it is not for her.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 01:02 AM

Just because I said it's going to be difficult, please dont misconstrue that as saying her dream is unattainable.

With high marks like she has, getting grants and scholarships will just be about looking. Check the internet, check your library [there are books about grants and scholarships], have her talk with her guidance counselor

If she has taken the SAT/ACT, and has an average score, i recommend paying to retake it after she studies the crap out of them, because the higher your score, the more money you are eligible for. $90 to retake the test can net you thousands more in grants.

The grant they gave her is nothing, pretty much something to try to get her to go to that school opposed to the Art institute or Le Cordon Bleu, doesnt mean she can't make it work for her, though, it not being a "Chain college" will look good on her resume too.

Does she know what she wants to do? Is she going for Master Chef?

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:38 AM

I know it will be , so does she.
But there really hasn't been anything in her life that wasn't and she overcame all of that, so I have no doubts about this.

Yeah, I found about 35 potentials when she came over this weekend, it's just about her narrowing down which ones are possible.

Her grants give her 3 or 4 free takings of the exams.
She has already taken one, she is on the next round this up-coming weekend I believe.

Yeah, it just sucks at how little it was.
If they paid for her classes, we may have been able to swing the other 2.5k or so..
But as it stands, I really have no idea if this is going to be attainable with that much needed.

I know she's very interested in working with the different chemicals to make molecular food. http://www.thinkgeek...e/kitchen/e71f/

And I know that will be part of her major along with nutrition.
I believe the full name is food science and nutrition?
Not 100% on that, got really fucked up this weekend. >.>

And she will be minoring in Italian as she hopes to study abroad there and get her dishwasher/waitress/sous chef work done there.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 10:29 AM

Oh hell, shes going for Scientist Chef

And even if you cant get it all with grants and scholarships, theres always student loans.

I don't really like them, but if its a small amount, it can be just what you need sometimes.

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 02:26 PM

Yeshuh.

That's true.
It'll only take her 2 lifetimes to pay em back too. >.>

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Posted 25 May 2012 - 04:54 AM

I think you can steal stuff and sell it. I'm half Irish so I can steal a ticket to Chicago and teach you if you like. Pikey is in my blood. ;D

For more information on pikeys, see: Snatch. XD

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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:17 AM

:lol:

I keep forgetting to re-watch that movie.

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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:29 AM

I support this, and vote for stealing lego stuff.
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:33 AM

:lol:

Hey, if you're gonna go.. Go big or go home.

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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:40 AM

Yep.
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 01:30 PM

Yeshuh.

That's true.
It'll only take her 2 lifetimes to pay em back too. >.>


Put her name in a local obituary

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:49 AM

:lol:

God Jaz, just chalk-full of good idears. :P

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