Welcome to the FSG!

Join Us! Let's get this finance stuff straight! With undergraduate and graduate loans combined, many leave our program with, sometimes in excess of, $100,000.00 - $175,000.00 in student loan debt. At times the transition from borrowing to paying can deliver quite a shock, andmay seem overwhelming to manage. 

Therefore, in order to help smooth the transition into paying back student loans and calm stressful emotions for recent graduates (i.e. 2000 - current graduates) the GAAA would like to introduce the Financial Support Group; a group dedicated to offering financial troubleshooting and emotional support to Graduate Actors dealing with the effects of debt. As two, three, or even five hundred heads are better than one, ideally this group will strive to draw from the knowledge of its own community in order to help the community. 

The GAAA's Financial Support Group will aim too:

1) Provide support in dealing with paying back your loans. There are many realistic options available to us that some many not know about. These meetings will offer a ground on which to troubleshoot and find your best, least stressful and financially aware avenues with which to pay back your loans.

2) Keep an updated awareness of recent plans and acts concerning student financial aid that are being passed through congress (i.e. IBRP, ICRP, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, etc.). Obama and the government are trying to pass some interesting bills on the front of financial aid; combining facts can only give us a clearer view of our future. 

3) Offer emotional support! You are not isolated; there are many in our program dealing with your same problem; this is a shared experience. 

4) Ensure that incoming and outgoing Graduate Acting Program students are aware and educated about the financial decisions that they are choosing to engage in. 

Future FSG meetings will be planned, so keep an eye on you e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Freddy Arsenault (‘08)
E-mail me at: freddy.arsenault@gmail.com

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