Hi all, my girlfriend is from the US and goes to school in Vancouver BC. She's in her senior year and is hoping to finish up school this year. For some background context, her parents are extremely anti-vax and as a result she has not gotten the vaccine up to this point. However, with the BC government's recent vaccine mandate, she cannot stay on campus any longer unless she gets the vaccine. This was a very sudden change of plans for her, and she's stuck between either leaving college and going home or staying and trying to find some way to pay for everything on her own this last year. Her parents have stated that if she gets the vaccine they will pull all funding that they have set away for this year.
I'm not sure if her program is going to be supported as well online this year and so she really doesn't want to go back home. At the same time, she isn't able to receive any Pell grant money and she didn't fill out the FAFSA for this year. Her total expenses for this year will be around $20k, and I believe that Federal loans for her won't cover nearly enough in order to pay the rest.
If anyone has any advice as to what they would do in her shoes, or resources that could help her out this year that would be much appreciated. We're currently considering private loan options so that she can stay and get the vaccine, but it's definitely stressing her out. Thanks in advance!
Submitted August 29, 2021 at 10:42PM by Yamist https://ift.tt/3mIYPHb
