<p>Well.. I've just come up to some surprising and saddening news.</p>
<p>My parents are refusing to pay for my testing, AP Exams, and no more than 4 colleges.</p>
<p>So... basically.. I'm SOL for testing.</p>
<p>Any recommendations?</p>
<p>:( Get a job? Would you qualify for fee waivers by any chance?</p>
<p>That blows 
Obvious question is do you have a job? If you have one or can get one, that would be an obvious means of paying for that stuff. If not, maybe you can save up some holiday/birthday money?</p>
<p>School work and parents prevent me from having a job.</p>
<p>I get no money for holidays/birthdays.</p>
<p>I suggest that you haggle them on this… Or at least make it clear that if they don’t pay if they could make it possible that you can obtain the necessary funds.</p>
<p>Hmmmm… Any way you could explain this to a relative who would be willing to help you pay maybe? Otherwise, idk. The costs from these things add up If you can get your parents to understand the seriousness of the situation though, I would think you should be able to convince them to pay, unless they don’t have the money. Although I don’t personally know your parents, so maybe I’m wrong.</p>
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<p>That’s very unfortunate. Maybe you’ll win a lottery before AP sign-up date?</p>
<p>Do you have any wealthy friends?</p>
<p>I know for a fact they have the money. It’s futile trying to convince them. Nothing works.</p>
<p>lol, my relatives wouldn’t give me a cent.</p>
<p>No wealthy friends.</p>
<p>As a parent, that makes me sad for you. Not sure if you are in a situation where you can ask for application fee waivers but many of the colleges offer that to families that are not able to pay the application fees. I would take advantage of any and all schools that offer you that option. </p>
<p>The other thing to be aware of is that some colleges offer no-application fee if you apply using the Common App. or other online methods (Denison University, Guilford College, Ohio Wesleyan U…I’m sure there are others :). Make a list of those schools and see if you are interested in applying to any of them?</p>
<p>Talk to your guidance counselor (!) at school because the school may also offer to cover the AP exam costs (my son’s school pays for all Ap exams for all students!). And if your school cannot cover costs, your counselor still may know another source of funds for you to take advantage of. The SAT’s aren’t as expensive, so register with collegeboard.com and at least get the date set and use their practice tools online to study. Can you work part-time on weekends? There are lots of “seasonal” jobs at the malls right now. Just a thought if you can manage that on top of your school work (?) </p>
<p>My heart goes out to you! hang in there and know that it will all be ok. Get started on that list of schools that does not require an application fee!</p>
<p>My parents income… is well over 130k.</p>
<p>My school and as my **** poor gc will tell me, only pay for AP Exams that are classes at the school.</p>
<p>Can’t even work part time.</p>
<p>I’ve known the schools I’ve wanted to apply to since around 10th grade. None of the free ones interest me at all.</p>
<p>^So are you saying you can take without cost the AP tests that you have classes for, but not any that you have or will self study? Does that include your BC Calculus course?</p>
<p>I don’t understand, what the hell is wrong with your parents? They make 130k, yet they won’t help you pay or even let you get a job so that you can help yourself pay? That’s effin ridiculous :(</p>
<p>That one the school(albeit begrudgingly) will pay for because it is an official course. Under the program I’m taking it for, the school is required to pay for the materials and the test.</p>
<p>They say they’re broke.</p>
<p>At least your school pays for you. We had to pay over $300 last year for AP test fees.</p>
<p>If the state finances get worse… I’ll have to pay for my IB exams. 7 and probably an 8th.
$90 for each… so over $630.</p>
<p>MIT I suppose you can confront them as to their reasoning behind not paying AND not allowing you the freedoms such that you could obtain the funds through other means. Ask if they are morally opposed to you self-studying and/or applying to more than 4 schools. It is risky though…</p>
<p>Say my academics are more important than getting a job. And they feel self-studying is useless, and they are dead on for 4 schools.</p>
<p>So you’re being serious… In that case, convince your parents that you should get a job and that self-studying’s not useless. Talk to your guidance counselor, who may be able to find means to help you pay the application and testing fees, and ask he or she to talk to your parents about importance of applying to a variety of schools and self-studying. Many colleges grant credit for AP exams, so try to convince your parents by informing them that taking the exams now will save them money later, because college credits are almost always more expensive than $80/course.</p>
<p>Also, financial aid varies greatly from college to college. You can tell them that it’s worth paying the app fees now to be able to compare FA options later.</p>
<p>Dead serious.</p>
<p>I barely got them for the subject tests.</p>