<p>I, too, hate when colleges post their “per semester” costs…it can be so confusing. </p>
<p>people see the 12-18 credits and think oh that’s what I’ll be taking so, that’s my price. Forgetting that over one year, they will be taking 24-30+ credits. </p>
<p>Anyway…stonecutter…which state schools are near your home that you could commute to?</p>
<p>If there aren’t any schools with engineering that you can commute to, then you’re going to have to talk to your parents about them taking out a Plus Loan to help cover their EFC. If they WANT you to go to college, then they need to help out with this.</p>
<p>No, that’s not quite right. It’s more like seeing a cheap plane fare and finding out that that’s literally only for half of the trip; if you only pay that much, the flight attendants shove you out of the airlock halfway across the Atlantic Ocean at exactly the midpoint of your flight. </p>
<p>(I mean, how many people really room and board at a college for just one semester at a time. Probably not enough to justify breaking up the costs like that, as if most people are going to be trying to pay that much.)</p>