<p>Re: #40, #42, #43</p>
<p>There are a few possibilities:</p>
<p>a. Parents are poor enough that the student gets a lot of need-based financial aid (however, not all schools are generous enough even in that situation).
b. Student receives a large merit scholarship.
c. Student goes to a military service academy or gets a large ROTC scholarship.
d. Student enlists in the armed forces or waits until age 24 or marriage to go some place more expensive than community college, in order to avoid having the parents’ income and wealth being used against him/her by financial aid offices.
e. Student “works his/her way through college” (less available now compared to when today’s parents were in college, due to higher college costs and poorer job prospects for those who just have a high school diploma).</p>
<p>Of course, not all options are available or desirable for all students.</p>