Penn State Affordable?

ucbalumnus
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:55:38 +0000

Sixteendietitian:

Also, I will be paying for college without any help from my family.

You need to find full ride scholarships like these:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/

If your family is poor, then you may also be able to find good financial aid schools (definitely not Penn State, which has poor financial aid even for Pennsylvania residents).

If you are too late for the deadlines for applications for the above schools, then you may have to see if low cost in-state public options (e.g. community college followed by transfer to a state university) could be affordable. If even that is not affordable, you may have to skip college for a year and work to earn some money, then reapply to a list aimed at big scholarships (and need-based financial aid if your family is poor).