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Basically my parents are willing to give me around $10,000 a year for college so i would only probably have to pay around 9 thousand a year at Stony brook and i will hopefully get summer internships to cover some of the cost.
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Stony is a well respected school. You’ll have plenty of opps thru that school.
With your parents’ $10k, and a student loan of $5500, you’ll have most/all of your direct costs covered.
GET a JOB this summer, and work/save to cover other costs. Then get a part time job during the school year (8-10 hrs a week) for pocket money.