{"id":691,"date":"2008-06-02T10:17:58","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T15:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=691"},"modified":"2008-06-02T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T15:17:58","slug":"damn-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"Damn Government."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><strong>I want to live either on residence or find an apartment downtown for the next school year but my estimated OSAP funding isn&#8217;t enough for living expenses in <city w:st=\"on\">\n<place w:st=\"on\">Toronto<\/place><\/city>. Is there anywhere else I could turn to? Grants, scholarships etc. I really don&#8217;t want to commute again this year since it takes about 1.5 hours each way. Thanks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Wow.<span>? <\/span>That?s a really brutal commute.<span>? <\/span>You are justified in telling your grandchildren stories of how you had to journey up hill (both ways), fight bears and frostbite while riding a unicycle just to get to school so you could learn.<span>? <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">There are tons of grants and scholarships available at U of T.<span>? <\/span>If you go to your registrar?s office, they?ll be able to help you get whatever you need.<span>? <\/span>My suggestion for applying would be to amplify any cash issue you may have, and don?t feel ashamed to pull on heart strings of the administrational staff.<span>? <\/span>Also, if OSAP isn?t enough, there?s a thing called ?<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adm.utoronto.ca\/fa\/UTAPS\/default.htm\">UTAPS<\/a>?, which is U of T funding.<span>? <\/span>There is also a lot of cheap living in down town <city w:st=\"on\">\n<place w:st=\"on\">Toronto<\/place><\/city> ? and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/\">U of T housing website<\/a> is very helpful in that respect, too.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to live either on residence or find an apartment downtown for the next school year but my estimated OSAP funding isn&#8217;t enough for living expenses in Toronto. 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