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I’m an incoming freshman who’s commuting to UCR (thankfully) so even if I did acquire debt I don’t think it’d be that much. But genuinely how are you guys paying for dorming on top of tuition? Do you guys just have large amounts of fin aid, grants, and scholarships? Or are most of you just taking out private loans to pay the missing cost? I wanna focus mostly on loans because I know as of now there’s a federal student limit of like $5,500 for freshman. (Correct me if I’m wrong all this loan stuff is very new to me sorry).

Getting a job is already competitive enough especially recently, and i know I would like to work on campus eventually because i was also given the work study grant, but should i hold off on looking for work until i fully adjust to college? I don’t even have a resume yet so I might hold off on applying until winter quarter. Also id love to hear your experiences with working on campus. How’s the hours, the experience itself, and is getting a job on campus as competitive compared to finding work that isn’t on campus?

A lot of people already started receiving their official offers and were even sent an email beforehand letting them know that it was done. I haven’t gotten anything like that yet. The most I have regarding my official aid offer is an email from about two weeks ago telling me that my official award is pending. My fafsa and preliminary offers were received so I don’t think I’m missing anything? And I also don’t have any holds on r web either? I’m pretty sure I’m just being paranoid and I should wait a bit longer, but I just find it weird that I haven’t gotten any email yet telling me that it’s done even though a lot of people have.

My first year in college starts this fall and I’m completely stuck between a used MacBook Pro or a brand new MacBook Neo.

I know there’s MacBook Pro is superior in most ways, but my main concern is that I won’t be able to get coverage for the pro if I do end up purchasing it. I’m getting it off Offer Up for $725 which is a pretty good price for 16gb of ram and 512gb of storage.

It all just comes down to coverage/insurance at this point. The Neo is also pretty tempting because I know I can get the 512gb model for about $600 in total w/ apple care coverage and student discounts.

I’d choose the Pro for sure but I was wondering if there are any ways I could get any sort of coverage for it because being safe with this purchase is a SUPER big priority for me and i wanna sleep comfortably knowing that the MacBook Pro I buy is safe.