<p>“30,000 annual income.”</p>
<p>Unless your parents have significant savings or investments, they are not likely to be able to do more than feed and house you when you are home on vacation. You need a place that you can pay for yourself (tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, materials, personal expenses, travel to & from school, etc.). This means that you had best spend some serious time in the financial aid forum reading through the threads on guaranteed merit-based aid, and at [FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5DFinAid”>http://www.finaid.org) learning about federally-determined need-based aid. Truly, your situation while not entirely hopeless, is certainly very challenging.</p>
<p>It also means that whether you like it or not, your best options may well be within the public system in your home state. If U of Mich is too big, take a long hard look at the other public universities. One of them may work well for you.</p>