<p>I didn’t pay the deposit, because I felt that taking up a space at CSULB when I might not even be going there was wrong and would deny a student on the waiting list a chance to go. (Damn my values!)</p>
<p>My parents agreed to cosign my loans (God bless them). I’m just applying for tons of scholarships right now to help cover it (although there’s no guarantee). Perhaps getting a scholarship hunting group together would help out in my search? I’m thinking about knocking some college credits out of the way during summer of freshman year by going to CC. With a little luck, I might end up graduating early and save myself big bucks :)</p>
<p>I know that I’ll be leaving USC with debt. There’s no way around it. I just want to keep that debt below 40-50k.</p>