<p>MomfromPa, I am a PA resident and I go to Temple University in Philadelphia. It is a state school.</p>
<p>As I said, tuition is $10,000 plus $5k room and board for freshmen. I get $1000/year from Temple as an academic scholarship, $4000 from Pheaa as a grant, and a small $1000 Pell grant. That leaves about $9000 unpaid as a freshman. I also got $5000 in Stafford loans, and so just room and board is unpaid. You can bargain with the school for room and board money, or, if you must, seek private loans.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania will give your daughter enough money to attend school, period.</p>
<p>I’m sorry to be frank, but you’re just not in the financial situation to be sending your daughter to an expensive private school, especially when you have bill collectors after you. And, yes, they might give you some more aid, but they can also take away the aid just as easily.</p>
<p>How would you feel, as a parent, sending your kid to a school, then have them crying to you because their aid got taken away?</p>