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ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: This is NPR s LIFE KIT. And I m Elissa Nadworny, an education reporter. Figuring out what to do with your life and how to get there can be a major challenge for anyone. Isis Harris, she s been there.
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ISIS HARRIS: There was the uncertainty. There was fear. There was anxiety.
NADWORNY: She s from Portland, Ore. And growing up, she heard one thing. Go to college. Get your dream job. But that did not happen for her. Instead, in the 15 years after high school, she tried a lot of different jobs.
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Last spring, the pandemic stole Maddie Harvey s job on campus in the Dean of Students office. She was finishing up her senior year at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and without the income from her job, she wasn t going to have enough money to pay her upcoming tuition bill. It was definitely a very vulnerable situation that I was in, says Harvey, it s not easy to talk about when you re struggling, especially knowing that so many people were struggling at one time.
Through some Internet research, she discovered a tool called SwiftStudent that would help her craft a financial aid appeal letter to her college. In it, Harvey requested money for her studies, and outlined all her expenses. It was nerve-wracking to air her personal financial situation. And the stakes were high: If she didn t receive more money, she was afraid she wouldn t be able to pay her tuition bill. Finally, she heard a response: Her appeal had worked. Her col