KearaChill

Hi all - Somewhat in the vein of is HGSE worth all this money, I would love any ideas/guidance on being able to pay for HGSE. I am coming from doing a stipend fellowship for 2 years so my savings are almost no existent and based on what I saw in this thread of financial aid packages, I think that I've gotten the highest that Harvard would typically give for grants. I have a big gap between budgeted expenses and the financial aid and I know that I could take out loans, but I want to minimize that as much as possible, especially because I will be doing the Prevention Science and Practice - counseling strand and am planning on pursuing the post-grad counseling certificate program next year which would be the same tuition and expenses for another year. I've heard that the counseling program especially can be intense in terms of hours dedicated to field placements and coursework and I am concerned that I won't be able to work much during the school year. Do you all have any ideas/testimonies of how I can approach this with the financial aid office? Also, does anyone know any grad school grants and scholarships that I can be looking at? Hope to hear back soon!