<p>There are options for you! There are several need based scholarship programs where you would be able to go to college for little to no cost. You should look at Questbridge and Gates Millenium. Also, a lot of the top elite colleges provide amazing financial aid. If your financial situation is as unstable as you are describing, you would likely go to Harvard for free. Don’t be scared of the total COA at a lot of schools. There are schools that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. In addition, you should know tht with the way financial aid is at most schools, those who are low income and those who are high income have an easier time with paying. From extensive reading and research, the middle class is really who is being squeezed out of college admissions.</p>