<p>I agree that this is a trying time for a divorce to take place. However, the parents have their reasons for doing so now. The OP has two full tuition offers already, which is wonderful. He can take the $5500 Direct loan, work a job and earn some money, and hope that his dad will keep the promise of paying for college expenses.</p>
<p>This student is in far better financial shape for college than MANY students with in tact families. He just might need to actually attend one of those schools where he got the full tuition award, which sounds like it was not his original plan.</p>
<p>College matriculation plans sometimes need to be altered…for many reasons…divorce is one, loss of income, death of a breadwinner parent, relocation of the family, illness.</p>
<p>I hope the OP can start looking at his cup as half full instead of half empty.</p>
<p>The divorce is traumatic for reasons other than college.</p>