<p>I will be totally on my own in regards to paying for college. My father does not support my education. I plan on attending virginia tech as an OOS student. It looks as of now that I will be forced to go 120k in debt by the time I graduate.
I came up with this crazy idea to contact a famous female philanthropist and explain to her my situation and see if they could offer me anything. Is this completely ridiculous? Its either that or I don't attend college at all. Does anyone think this might work? Suggestions?</p>
<p>You can attend your local community college until you have worked and saved enough money and college credits to transfer to an instate college.</p>
<p>@ Batillo actually I can’t. I cannot stay home (in california) and pursue my education since my father does not support it. If i wanted to attend community I would have to go live on my own and attend which would require money also. </p>
<p>I do not want to go the community college route.</p>
<p>Well, good luck with the rich lady plan.</p>
<p>You have to hurry up because decisions have to be made by May1st and deposits will be due shortly.</p>
<p>Lol rich lady plan. Thanks. I’m just going to do loans if I must.</p>
<p>gorehpakoreh, I’m afraid your “rich lady plan” (I like that,Batllo) is not going to work. You’re going to have to figure out some other way to fund your education. You may need to take a gap year and work while you figure it out.Virginia Tech is not a viable option for you if you do not have family support. No one is going to loan you $120,000 (which is a ridiculous amount in loans for undergraduate education anyway). Good luck.</p>
<p>@Sevmom that was very discouraging. Taking a year off is just not an option for me. I’m sure some private loans will be able to get me 30,000 a year. I hope so. I truly mean I have no other options. If I can’t afford virginia tech which is the cheapest school I got into, I just can’t go to college.</p>
<p>By the way everyone : I do realize this probably sounds really ridiculous and naive. I am some what hopeless though.</p>
<p>Why do you say you just can’t go and that taking a year off is not an option for you?</p>
<p>Have you looked into getting a $30,000 loan in your name with no cosigner yet? You should try that and you’ll see what sevmom meant. Then, you’ll see that you need a Plan C if the Rich Lady Plan doesn’t work out.</p>
<p>Does your father expect you to get a full-time job upon high school graduation? Will you be able to live at home if you’re working? Will you be able to save money, even if you have to pay your own expenses? Can you use that money for college in a year or two?</p>
<p>It is an issue with my family. I don’t want to post my whole life story here, but it is just not possible. Even the fact that I am attending college is grounds for my father to disown me. It is really complex.</p>
<p>My father just doesn’t agree that women should work or be educated. Even being able to attend high school was a struggle for me. He expects me to stay home and get married right after high school. That is not the future I want.</p>
<p>I know what Sevmom meant but it was not very encouraging. I have someone that would be willing to cosign with me.</p>
<p>Is it possible for you to take a gap year but not live at home? You could move out and find a job that could just pay your rent for the year, then apply for next year. A year might be enough to establish residency in the state that you wish to attend college in, as well.</p>
<p>If you have good grades and scores, you might be able to get merit scholarships at some colleges, which would cover at least some of your cost of attendance. Even attending a UC or CSU would bring down the cost, since you’re currently in-state. Another option would be to apply for lots of private scholarships, but most of the deadlines for next year have already passed.</p>
<p>I’m sorry that your father feels that way. It’s a tough hurdle for you.
Do you plan to study a field where you’d even have a reasonable chance of paying that off? Have you looked at what the payments will be? Will you be able to forego major purchases, such as a new car or house, and family decisions such as motherhood, until the loans are paid off? Unless you have a Rich Husband Plan as a back-up.</p>
<p>@bruno The UC’s are not really cheaper when living on campus, it is about the same. </p>
<p>@Midwstmom I am currently undeclared but I was looking into accounting. I know 120 thousand is just ridiculous but what are my options here? I wish I was like most other college students whos parent’s at least offered them support (emotional) in the process. I am so confused.</p>
<p>@Bruno I have looked for scholarships but I can’t seem to find that many. I’ve looked on fastwebs and all the typical websites.</p>