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My dream school, however, costs 60k a year (30k more than my family can reasonably afford & I wouldnt be eligible for need based aid). In theory I could work during the school year and the summer and get lots of scholarships along with that
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You won’t have the means to come up with the $30k per year. You can only borrow a small amount. Getting private scholarships for the years other than Frosh year is HIGHLY unlikely. Outside scholarship awards are typically for frosh year only…very hard to win, and often have a "need’ component. Even the outside awards for frosh year are small and hard to get. They probably wouldn’t even cover more than a couple thousand…for frosh year only.
If your parents won’t pay for the $60k school, then you won’t be able to attend.
You’d be lucky to work/save about $6k per year. You’re not going to be able to save every cent you earn for college costs. You’re going to need spending money…otherwise how will you truly enjoy this “dream school”?
What is this dream school??
What are your stats? @leahmarie98
Why are you assuming that the choice is limited between the unaffordable school and some “local schools”???