<p>Basically my very affluent parents who can easily pay for college have decided they don’t want to pay for college (some long standing issues built up). It is past the deadlines and all my apps are done as non financial aid. I’m from NJ and my u weighted gpa is a 3.45 and my weighted gpa is 3.75, I also got a 2380 on the sat and a 202 on the past.</p>
<p>Well…hopefully you applied to some schools with guaranteed merit aid.</p>
<p>If your parents are VERY affluent, meaning you would not qualify for need based aid, then your only option would be merit aid. Are you a NMF? Your SAT scores and GPA would have put you in the running for some merit awards. The deadlines for those admissions applications has gone by for this year.</p>
<p>You have a couple of options…mend the fences with your parents. Go to a community college and work full time to pay for this yourself. Take a gap year and apply to colleges where you would be get guaranteed merit aid.</p>
<p>Personally, I would suggest mending fences with your parents. You are 18-19 years old, and they will still be your parents for a long while. </p>
<p>The fact that you parents will not pay for college will get you zero need based aid aid…PERIOD. I guess it’s your parents turn to aggravate you. </p>
<p>You could claim that you suffer from affluenza. It will give the college adcoms a good laugh. </p>
<p>Or you could find something else to do this afternoon other than being a ■■■■■. </p>
<p>Actually with those stats I think OP only has two options - mend fences or gap year. It’s rather short sighted to spend a year at community college and lose out on potential incoming freshman merit aid if the parent/student issues can’t be fixed. </p>
<p>OP, it doesn’t matter if your parents don’t want to pay for your education - you cannot become an independent, they are financially responsible for your education. Even if your applications requested financial aid the schools you apply to will only give you aid based on your parent’s finances. The only way you can get them out of the financial mix is by applying to schools where you are more or less guaranteed a free ride based on your stats. However, even guaranteed merit aid very rarely covers living expenses. So truly - you need to find a way to work it out with your folks.</p>
<p>Start looking for some options that you can afford. My friend’s DD ran into this. Her very affluent father refused to pay. She was accepted to some schools, but they gave no financial aid due to the high income dad. She commuted to a local school, worked part time, graduated summa cum laude in 3 years, and went to a very good law school where she graduated top of her class. Didn’t stop her at all. She’s with a top law firm on the partner track now. But it hurt her terribly and her mother, too, that she could take any of her first choice options.</p>