{"id":625,"date":"2023-01-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/?p=625"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:16:42","slug":"financial-aid-for-graduate-students-what-you-need-to-know-with-sara-cyrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/2023\/01\/16\/financial-aid-for-graduate-students-what-you-need-to-know-with-sara-cyrus\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid for Graduate Students: What you need to know with Sara Cyrus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Financial Aid for Graduate Students: What you need to know with Sara Cyrus\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1D5mUd3Jer1IjeySYrFWkH?si=7DsM0BYXTrm4OzB4UBu7YQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This week on the Victors in Grad School podcast we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-cyrus-6b0145aa\/\">Sara Cyrus<\/a> who is a Financial Aid Administrator at the University of Michigan-Flint.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Cyrus and I talk about her own journey from getting her Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University to recieving her Master&#8217;s degree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan-Flint. We also spend a lot of time talk about the intricacies of financial aid when it comes to graduate students. Sara shares many resources in this episode that will help you along the way and encourages you to submit your <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">FAFSA<\/a> even if you think you will not receive financial aid. You can also learn more about the different types of financial aid that are typically available for students on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/types-of-aid\/\">UM-Flint Financial Aid website <\/a>and about specific types of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/paying-for-college\/\">graduate student scholarships<\/a> that are available at the University of Michigan-Flint too.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast is brought to you by The Office of Graduate programs at the University of Michigan-Flint. 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