Legal H4 with chances to get Green Card bleak. What are the chances for out of state colleges

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You might want to read this thread. There is also an older one…same topic.

I always make the same suggestion…if you plan to borrow $100,000, your replacement will be at least $1200 a month for 10 years or so. If you really think you can do that…start putting $1200 in the bank every month…right now. See if that’s sustainable for you. If not…think again.

Why Parents Should Say No to Parent or Cosigned Loans for Undergraduate 2024 Edition

So I am bumping this conversation for the benefit of the 2024 class, some of whom are still caught up in decisions due to the FAFSA tangle… hope no one minds. So many experts here that have helped us through the overwhelming craziness! I have been feeling unsettled because our family recently received a “final message to seniors” from a school counselor in the last weeks of school indicating that “a lot of students have been coming in the last few weeks asking how to get private loans to pay their college bills…It’s easy!” The tone of the email suggested that parents also did not know that endless loans would not be provided to the students by their schools. I don’t begrudge the counselor, who actually hosted many financial talks these kids and parents apparently did not attend, but am really saddened by how aid packages trickled out this year and by the idea that the FAFSA delay may result in a lot of excess debt. This message came out AFTER most commitment dates had passed. I am n…