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Top 10 Ways to Pay for your NOLS Course

10.
Parents
  Hit up those loving guardians who have always recognized your leadership potential.
9.
Get a job!
  You're a hard-working, goal-driven individual interested in working towards a NOLS course.
8.
Savings
  Use that cash from babysitting and lawn mowing since you were ten. Now is the rainy day and NOLS is the sunshine.
7.
FAFSA (federal financial aid)
  If you're in college, make the government pay! Uncle Sam wants you to be all you can be on a NOLS course. Read about consortium agreements between NOLS and your college and then apply online.
6.
AmeriCorps
  Help us help you. AmeriCorps volunteers are eligible to receive up to $4,725 to be used toward education costs at qualified institutions. NOLS qualifies! Click here to learn how to use your Education Award for a NOLS course.
5.
VA Benefits
  Veterans Affairs pays benefits to eligible veterans, reservists, and active duty servicemembers while they are in an approved education or training program. For more information go to: http://www.va.gov/
4.
Tuition assistance from an employer
  Your boss should realize NOLS grads make the best employees. Point out the leadership skills you'll bring back to the workplace after your course.
3.
Apply for a Scholarship
  NOLS awards more than $1,000,000 in scholarships each year. In addition to this, there are numerous other scholarships awarded through private organizations. Learn more here.
2.
Fundraising
  Be creative! Bake sales and car washes aren't just for the cheerleaders!
1.
Get a second Job!
  That good old-fashioned back up plan when the other nine ways aren't working.
 
 
For rock, snow AND ice mountaineering, the North Cascades, often called 'Little Switzerland,' are the place to go for a strong set of mountaineering skills.
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