Cant afford college??

Haradonia
Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:31:07 +0000

Yes I do know how much expected family contribution I would get according to colleges. For American and GW, i would get twenty thousand possibly for fin aid. But its about 60 thousand dollars. I am hoping on some merit possibly or staying home, but I am not really looking at going to either of these schools, even though they fit my stats and are perfect for my major and minors.

For Vtech and JMU, I would most likely get little to no fin aid. But they also fit my stats, and most likely will get in.
For all of the colleges incl. GMU, I adequately fit into the graphs my career counselor and county gives me for my high school(naviance). I expect I would most likely get into all schools except maybe GW or VTech possibly.

I already talked to my parents, and they have a very tight budget and honestly are not reckless spenders. My mom just started part time work a year ago, and my dad makes 140 k. Most (98%) of his money goes to taxes, insurance-healthcare etc, mortgage and necessary expenses. Even though my dad makes a good amount, it is not a lot of money living in this area. We dont live a completely lavish life… we shop from peapod- giant online( since we dont have a car), rarely take vacations, and basically walk, metro or taxi everywhere.

Not to focus on first world problems, but my parents cant even afford an iPhone (which literally every highschooler has), and only have a PC computer. I just got my first phone a year ago.
We did go on vacations alot before, and had a good amount of debt, but we paid all of it off a couple years ago.