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Barmymoo:
Congratulations, Dicky, but also noooooooooooo we could have had hangouts in Cambridge and drunk coffee in the UL and talked about things! Huh.
(How did you decide in the end?)
Metope:
Oh man Dicky, I'm so happy for you! Congrats! I was kinda secretly hoping you'd choose Stanford, because moving countries is so exciting and amazing. Good luck, I'm sure you won't regret it a bit!
tania:
west coast 4 lyfe
Jace:
I keep trying to get into university (well, community college), but I keep on having to wait for my parents to get their shit together and do their taxes. I mean, come on, maybe you could take a break with renovating the house for like 4 hours and get your tax stuff together so your son can try to not work shitty jobs for the rest of his life.
Also, no, I can't just get emancipated, I'm 21, and they'd have to have abused me.
The financial aid system is bullshit in america. This is so dumb, my parents live 3000 miles (142988km) away, how am I still a dependent?
if this works out I'm gonna say goodbye to everything because I'll be working all night and in school all day.
Darkbluerabbit:
I found this link that offers some ideas for how to get aid if you can't get your parents information.
Blog
The impression I get is that you have to jump through some hoops, and contact your financial aid office (which is a good thing to do anyway), and after all that you might not be eligible for as much aid, but every bit helps. Luckily community college is on the affordable side, so even if you only get a couple thousand dollars, it should cover a good chunk of tuition at least.
Another option that I always thought sounded terrible, but actually isn't is a private loan. Some of the banks offering student loans have decent interest rates, and even offer the six month post-graduation repayment grace period like the federal loans. You will have the issues with getting any private loan, such as higher rates if your credit score isn't great, etc. I think it's worth looking into though.
Private Loan Info
All else fails, you only have to work crappy jobs for a few more years, not the rest of your life. I went to undergrad with a guy who had to wait until he was 24 so he could file independently, and he said he's actually glad he waited because having those years off helped him figure out exactly what he wanted out of college.
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