<p>As others have indicated, your original post is not clear. Run your aid packages through this nifty calculator, and figure out how much you will need to pay after the “free” money (grants and scholarships) is subtracted from the Cost of Attendance: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>
<p>The estimated OOS Cost of Attendance for NCSU is $33,247 [North</a> Carolina State University : Cost of Attendance](<a href=“http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/financial_aid/costug.html]North”>http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/financial_aid/costug.html) You have been awarded a total of $10,000 in grants for each semester, which is $20,000 for the whole year. This means that you are short $13,247, not $7,500. </p>
<p>Do you have several thousand in your own savings that you used to get to the $7,500 figure? If so, then this first year could be do-able with a part-time job and a Stafford Loan. However, I don’t see where you are going to come up with that much money for years two, three, and four. Sit down with your parents, and crunch the numbers again. Can they help you at all? Is your health insurance covered by one of their employers? Even with the housing, meals, books, personal expenses, and travel reduced to a minimum, it is hard for me to see that you can make this work.</p>