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While it’s nice to know you are willing to work your way through college, you have some misconceptions about aid. You don’t get FAFSA. FAFSA is a way the gov’t evaluates how much federal grant funding you might get if you are low income. Otherwise it allows you to borrow in the $5.5-7.5K range per year for school. As happymom said, run the calculator to find out how much you might have to pay. With your mom owning a cafe it might not be a pretty number.</p>
<p>How will you pay for Babson or BU? FA will get you ~1/10th of the amount you need per year. You might be better off looking for a local community college to keep your tuition costs low.</p>
<p>What is your home state? How rigorous were your classes? What’s your class rank? Is that GPA weighted?</p>