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Have you exhausted all federal aid???
It is possible that you might get a better deal if you have your parents take a PLUS loan out for you.
Are you undergrad or grad? I started going to UofP a few months ago and I got Stafford that covers my classes and gives me some extra but then I also took out a Grad Plus loan from Salliemae. Why doesn't your Stafford cover your tuition? How much more is your tuition than what they are giving you? (If you don't mind me asking) I would think your parents' scores are high enough to help co-sign.
What's weird is I haven't seen the hard pull on my CRs for Salliemae and I applied and got approved back in September.
I am undergrad, and my college financial advisor told me that the Stafford should cover about 9k, and the yearly tuition is about 15k, I ma looking for the extra 10 to cover the rest of the year tuition and use the 4k on school related expenses and stuff like that. As for the hard pull, Sallie Mae pulled TU, hard pull i beleive, i can check and tell you for sure a little later. So I think I'm gonna wait till monday and have my mom co-sign and hope for the best.
PS. Does anyone know what is considered a school related expense, I've heard everything from gas, to rent, so not sure what could be considered "school related". Could part of rent/gas/food at school?
Have you done our research on your UofP program? A lot of employers wont even look at an UofP diploma and most universities will not accept their credits.