the guy i am in love with and 2 of his friends are trying to get a huge grant for like 1 million dollars or more . he is 18 years old and the other 2 are 19 . he dropped out of school but he got his GED and the other 2 graduated . they arent getting it for college loans or anything , they are jsut doing it to get money . they are going today to see if they get it or not and if they do they plan on leaving for florida for a couple of months to party with the money and junk . i really hope they dont get it and i asked my mom about grants this morning and she said they only give you grants for loans for school and that you have to pay them back . is it true that you have to pay the grants back ? and do you think theyll get a grant even if its not for school purposes ? godi m so scared because i dont want them to get it and leave the state for months because i wont get to see him or talk to him much if they do . please fill me in about this whole grant thing and if you think theyll get it
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Random Weirdos? uisforukelele answered Tuesday March 4 2008, 6:59 pm: I highly, highly doubt they will be able to do this. To get a grant, you have to have gotten some kind of recognition or actually done something with your life. Teachers at my school get them sometimes for being "Teacher of the Year" or whatever, and they're for classroom supplies only. So there's no possible way they can get a grant, especially for a million dollars for not even doing anything. Also, with loans, you have to have a valid reason to get them approved- like for college, buying a house, or whatever. Since they don't have a valid reason, they will most likely not be able to get a loan either. They won't have to worry about paying this stuff back because no bank is going to be cool with giving an eighteen-year-old and two nineteen-year-olds a million dollars, haha. Even if they could, in some way, get the money, they would be putting themselves in the crappiest situation ever because of interest rates and such. There's no possible way they could pull that off, unless they robbed a bank. So don't worry about it, it's just a pipe dream :) [ uisforukelele's advice column | Ask uisforukelele A Question ]
Razhie answered Tuesday March 4 2008, 5:08 pm: There are different kinds of 'grants', some you pay back and some you don't.
For ALL OF THEM you must do something, or promise to do something, to recieve the money.
You must be making art, going to school, working for charity, being somehow productive in society. I have no idea what these boys have gotten into thier skulls, but I find it ludicriously unlikely that someone is going to give them money so the can go be jerk offs in Florida.
Lying to a granting body is fraud. If they plan on trying to lie to get this money, they are moronic. Not only would they have to pay all the money back, they would go to jail for lying to a granting body.
I wouldn't worry about him leaving if I were you. I'd be more worried about having a crush on a guy with so little grasp on reality. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
anna-14 answered Tuesday March 4 2008, 2:38 pm: yes. they would have to pay it back. and i dont think he'll be able to get it. but if your his gf, he shouldnt want to leave you for something like that. so maybe you need to think into that.
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