That’s why i’m applying to in-state schools, my dad is recently unemployed so while we could previously afford my current college’s tuition i no longer can. I’m taking loans on my own, so about 5k or so (student loans) plus 7k (pell grant) plus 4-5k give or take (my part time job) puts me at about 15k, which is around the capacity that I can pay. I’d never burden them like that - even when we could still pay some i still worked 30 hrs a week and took my own loans.