<p>*i don’t know specifically how much money my parents make, and if i asked i would get beaten into the ground. however, **i suspect that my dad does quite well with the auto shop **and since we’ve live here (in New York) we haven’t really had any seriously tough economic times.
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<p>The part in BOLD is going to be a significant problem if you’re applying to schools for financial aid…1) your parents earn too much …2) your parents may not cooperate with paperwork. </p>
<p>Even if you can get your parents to agree that you can go to college, it’s unknown that they will pay the “family contribution” that they will be expected to pay.</p>
<p>So…you need a strategy.</p>
<p>1) Apply to a few top schools that give financial aid just to see what happens.</p>
<p>2) apply to a few schools that will give you HUGE merit scholarships for your stats. If your parents won’t pay anything, then “good-but-not-huge” scholarships will not be enough.</p>
<p>I wonder if one reason the parents don’t want this child to go to college is because they don’t want to pay several thousand a year for that. :(</p>