Paying for college alone

You are stuck. You can’t get need based aid just because your parents won’t pay. The only loan you can take out is a federal loan, and your parents have to fill out FAFSA for that (that loan is then in your name and on you to pay back). Sorry – honestly, my advice is to suck it up, apologize to your dad, and stay under his radar on issues that bug him until you graduate.

I know if you were a freshman some schools (not Michigan caliber, but still) would give you a free ride for high stats. But transfers are a different story.

You can go to community college for a year (but have to live someplace). You could enlist and then use GI benefits to finish college.

If you don’t pay your fall bill, you likely won’t get the credits, will still owe the money, and other colleges won’t accept you because of the money owed to your previous school.

And PS – I am sorry about your situation.