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Originally Posted by kddani
We're just going on the information that YOU have given us. You've come here asking for advice on a multitude of questions. Based on the information you've given us and what you've said, impressions and opinions were formed.
To sidetrack for a second- there is a wealth of information out there about financial aid. It is up to everyone to educate themselves. Hell, most people do it themselves without any help from any sort of adviser. It just really came across (and still comes across) as shifting of blame. It would be easier to be understanding towards your situation if you just said "yeah, I screwed up" rather than blaming everything on the evil school and advisers.
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Like kddani said, t here is a wealth of information out there about financial aid for college.
Typing "college financial aid" in Google will bring you to finaid.org which is free information on what you need to fill out, how to fill stuff out etc. There is even charts with the differences on the types of loans.
This website has been up for quite some time.
Of the two universitites that I attended, neither one had financial aid "advisors" that sit you down and hold your hand and tell you what forms you need to fill out by when. The people there were there to receive paperwork already completed or hand out the checks, processes that are getting automated through online systems nowadays.
For what it's worth, sororities probably do not want to hear how something was the academic advisor's fault or the financial aid advisors fault, because you will come across as a blame shifter. Being involved in a sorority or any type of organization, is being part of something that is bigger than you. That means standing with the group, and when times call for it - falling with the group. You can't shove the blame of something onto someone else just to save your own behind. For that reason, if you do rush, I would suggest not discussing that.
That's just my opinion though... others may think differently.