Financial "Aid"

**Rant Warning**

It must be a misnomer because my law school's financial "aid" office is the most unhelpful place in the world. I have been trying to get them all my documents so that I can receive some aid and actually pay my tuition, allowing me to attend classes. However, for every requested document I send, they want 2 more. When I don't understand one part of a document I call, leave messages, email and try to visit. I often get very vague and unhelpful answers. So it is July 30th, 2008 and I have no financial aid as of yet. Tuition is due August 8th, 2008. Do you think this is going to be good? I don't.

As a result I'm insanely stressed out. I woke up crying on Friday, calmed myself down a bit by having a lovely weekend (I'll put up some pics/videos from NC and from the triathlon I attended Sunday). Today, however, it's all back. Though not on the verge of tears, I'm beyond stressed. I want to go to law school. I want to be able to pay them for this pleasure. However, being 22 I don't really have the income, thus the need for financial aid. SO HELP ME!

I've also made it so that I'm not the only one freaking out about the current state of my financial affairs; seems that I've scared D with the amount of debt that I will have accrued by May 2011. It will require that I work for a big firm upon graduation for 2-5 years. This likely means 60-80 hour weeks and very little time for things like, oh, a family.

However, I am the optimist about this and will simply live like a pauper while I work summers at a firm, saving as much as I possibly can in order to repay my loans ASAP. I will also find some way (because I always find a way) to have a life (which just may include little ones). So while I'm freaked out about my current status, I'm much more zen about my future. Hopefully I'm right about all this...