<p>My situation seems very odd. I would appreciate if I could recieve a little help here. I'm from India, and have been in the U.S. since I was 2. My dad, who is the only worker in the family, moved from 20k a year to 65k a year over the course of 1991-2006. I've done ok in high school, nothing great by any means. I got admission to Purdue University, but seeing as I live in Missouri, I am an out of state student. The expected tuition total was 32000. My dad filed the FAFSA form and found out that we were eligible for very little amounts of need based aid, which I think is around less than 5k a year. I doubt I will get many merit based scholarships. The premilinary financial aid estimate (PFAE) said we were expected to pay 13.5k a year in order to attend Purdue. It was said that we could get up to 18k of financial aid a year. We visited Purdue today and talked to the financial advisor also. He said we were only eligible for stafford and parent loans based on the FAFSA. Is this true? I feel as if I won't be able to attend Purdue. My intended major is Chemical Engineering, and I know I would do extremely well if I was given the opportunity to attend. I know for fact that I'm not the only one in this situation, but how do other families with substantially less income and students of my caliber afford a school like Purdue? I thought since we lived in a 250k house, that it wouldn't be that much of a problem to attend; I was very badly mistaken. My question is, is it too early in the financial aid process to base negative assumptions on attendance? My parents said it is possible for us to pay the 13.5k a year if my mom gets a job, which shouldn't be too difficult. I personally have no problem taking loans, but is there any way the financial burden can be met? Please help me out, and thanks in advance.</p>
<p>A piece of advice: break your thoughts into paragraphs and keep under the word limit(assuming there is one).</p>
<p>Well it's all basically the same idea..</p>