<p>cross posted, wow.
I see. For all I know, once you are upper classman, you can do RA (free room) or live away cheap and share rent, win institutional merit set up specially for continuing students, get jobs in or out of campus, summer jobs, take a break to save some money, good thing is they are over 20-21, should be able to shoulder some load, if not all.
If you can not possibly pay all the way and the school did not find you good enough to give substantial merit aid when going in, the road will be tough.
Worse yet, after coming out, you are nowhere near to pay off loans either. Now it is depressing from parents’ view but you know, some kids are like, don’t care. even we’d dump them, they’d live off friends’ girlfriends’ boyfriends’ total strangers and somehow someway some kids will make it. Maybe take 10-20 years but it all worth it. (or isn’t)</p>