<p>He didn’t say if the kid is a jr or sr yet. OP, please answer that. There will be more options for him if he is a jr. Also maybe he shouldn’t tell the dad about borrowing. Against paying for college, against getting helped by military and likely against the kid taking loans. But the normal student loan isn’t excessive for a kid with those stats, shows he can handle the engineering major and should have a good paying job.</p>
<p>Since it is actually a friend, maybe you want to show him this Pew report
<a href=“Education: The Rising Cost of Not Going to College | Pew Research Center”>http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/</a></p>
<p>Also here is the full guaranteed tuition/full ride thread
<a href=“http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/”>http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/</a></p>
<p>And the NY new free tuition offer for STEM
<a href=“NYS Higher Education Services Corporation - NYS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program”>http://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/nys-grants-scholarships-awards/nys-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-incentive-program.html</a></p>