<p>axomom - very sorry to hear about your situation. Is there any way to appeal to the college your child was hoping to attend for more financial aid? Are there other, possibly affordable choices other than the community college (not to knock community colleges) - like a good state school system? There are also some smaller colleges with rolling admission that actually give good aid to students with good test scores and overall grades. Perhaps if you haven’t yet, you can look at those. Good luck! I’m sure it will all work out down the road, but seems very hard now.</p>