EFC over $70,000 and I might be screwed

[Knowsstuff]

@mom2collegekids

@Knowsstuff

See if you can get a co-op now for the next semester or two. They will pay you plus give you a skill set. You can use that money to pay for college. For CS you do get paid well.

This is a good idea.

But since it’s late to find a co-op, perhaps ask your school for a leave of absence for a semester or a year. But still try to find a job that will help you pay for college. Have you done any internships? If not, why not?

How much does your school cost? Are they allowing students to take classes online this year? If so, can you afford to do that if you borrow $7500 for the school year and work to pay the difference?

Fill out FAFSA and get that $7500. Too bad you didn’t ask earlier because we could have told you to file FAFSA for the past year to get that 7500. The total 15k may have made the difference for this coming year.

If you pursue places like indeed I remember seeing coop /internship options for CS just recently. I bet his school has options not 100 % filled. Also many of these went online or maybe will be online for the fall. Doesn’t hurt to check. Takes like 10 minutes. Yep, there are fall coops. Just checked talking to my phone. Just looked at a few on Indeed. Not sure his access to Handshake and the like and maybe reach out to professors for advice. Many have connections.