Don't think I can ever afford college?

Paying for College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>How will I be able to afford college? Unlike a lot of fortunate people, who have rich parents, joined the military, or have high paying jobs before attending. I have none of those, and not even a job at the moment. I do not qualify for the military because my brain is so pathetic that I have epilepsy and I have to take medicine for it, so I would be denied which I understand. Oh! Not to mention I live in a town with only around 3000 people, and only a community college! So, I can’t drive and after a year of being seizure free, I just had another one last week so it’ll be another year for me to be seizure free to drive. So, there’s that I lack transportation (no buses, cabs, or anything of that sort here I live in Arkansas) , and I even struggle trying to see my neurologist every few months.</p>

<p>I was home schooled most of my life, and well … I became very anti social, so there’s that but I can handle being around people it’s just I prefer to be alone. I am working on getting my GED, and I told my father that I wanted to get into medical school (he thought it was stupid) since I am 23 just starting off doing this, and he said there is no way he can pay for it and there is no way for me to file bankruptcy so I will be entrapped with paying student loans forever.</p>

<p>Is there really no hope for me to attend college? I really want to, but I just can’t afford it…</p>

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<p>You will first have to attend your local CC to prove you can make it through a college curriculum. Take a trip to the school and see what you have to do to enroll.</p>

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See <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_ktyATKEU”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_ktyATKEU&lt;/a&gt; "From Community College to Medical School: Step by Step Instructions for Success (2013) "</p>

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<p>The CC is ideal and yes, you can make it to medical school if you do well, transfer to a good public university and then on to medical school. I suppose you could look into not-for-profit online colleges. It’s not really the move for medical school I admit and they aren’t exactly cheap but something to consider if you truly are as isolated as you say.</p>

<p>Do you have any other family to reach out to? Perhaps you could move in with an extended family member for low rent, work for a year to earn some money and then aim for more education.</p>