<p>bogororo: Thank you for your encouragement. I’ve read your story here on CC and it’s truly inspiring. The information you posted about finaid is interesting–I hadn’t heard of anything like that before.</p>
<p>The truth is that I don’t know how much money we have. I live in a nice house in a good neighborhood and go to an expensive private school, but all of that is covered with Embassy funds. We have a small house in Sweden, at least one mortgage, and no savings that I know of. Paying for college out-of-pocket would be a struggle for my parents, and I’m touched that they are willing to make these sacrifices for me–still, though, I wish I didn’t have to put that strain on them.</p>
<p>I try not to sound this whiny all the time; sometimes it just gets overwhelming.</p>