Paying for college

cptofthehouse
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:05:40 +0000

You will find out as you are finding out right now with your parents, that you are very limited in what you can force others to do. You can only change yourself, force yourself to do a number of things.

Your parents’ reactions are typical. We’re all human and flawed. It’s within your parents’ rights not to share financial infor with you. They do not have to pay for your college or release their financial info, and that becomes a problem for many students. Some of our cousins got stuck that way. Their father refused to release any financial info… Felt it was none of anyone’s business, and preferred to forego financial aid to releasing any of that info. Problem was that he could not pay the cost of college either and the kids were not eligible for any merit money. So they ended up going to local public colleges and community colleges. In those days, one didn’t need to fill out FAFSA for some of the loans, and so they borrowed some as well.

So,you prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Apply to some schools that you want as lottery tickets, but make sure you have some schools on your list that you know you can afford and will take you. Actually, that’s somethng every and anyone should do anyways.