Student Loans, Grants - No such thing as a free lunch

We’re here, moneyless, and we find out this sweet way to get free money. “It’s from the government and they just give it to you. All you have to do is fill out 8,000 forms!” “Nice!” we reply enthusiastically.

It’s not until you near the end of your college career that you realize you have to give all that money back. How weird that we are never thinking during those hours and hours of FAFSA forms that this money isn’t totally free.

Once this realization hits, you suddenly become aware of your lack of income and, therefore, lack of means to pay your loans back.

I really wish – sometimes- I had been eligible for grants.