Paying for college

Susie1111
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:35:27 +0000

So I understand that the estimated cost for stony brook yearly is 23k which includes estimated cost of attenndence and estimated personal expenses. I didn’t get the financial aid package back yet but assuming from what I got from other schools I’ll prob get around 10k for sbu. Now that isn’t a lot and my family Isn’t in the financial situation where we can spend so much money on college. I plan to take out federal student loans which has a maximum of 5.5k and that still leaves a gap even with a total of 15k for both financial aid and federal student loans. How am I suppose to fill in this gap? Do I take out parent plus loans? If so, the interest rates are incredibly high. My parents aren’t contributing to paying for my college at all. I’m honestly at a lost of what to do.