Thread: SSI and school?
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Old Jun 21, 2016, 05:56 PM
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lots of info given and i really appreciate it!!! it's been confusing still, but i appreciate all the info nonetheless. anyways after some digging i found this page https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-resources-ussi.htm and and it says "WHAT RESOURCES DO NOT COUNT FOR SSI ... grants, scholarships, fellowships, or gifts set aside to pay educational expenses for 9 months after receipt" so i started to thinking one could go to school and receive SSI? well thats not solid enough for me so i called SSA and waited on the phone for 50 mins today and asked a v nice man if i could take a college class or two and apply for/receive SSI. And his response was something like "Yes. SSI only takes in to account if you can work or not. We dont consider school as working." So thats interesting and v helpful! And i know the i wont receive that much financial aid since i'm only taking 1 or 2 classes? so i dont see how i'll go over the max income allowed? especially since i'm not planning on continuing education, i'm just taking classes to please my dad, so it'll probably only be for one semester. I want to continue my education, but only when i'm better. Not now.

Anyways thanks for the help everyone!!!
Thanks for this!
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