<p>Will taking the general education classes at a local CC allow you to complete the MT program a year or a semester early? Go part-time? Not take an overload of credits to graduate on time? If not this will not save you money, unless the school you will be attending requires you to pay for each credit individually, rather than by the semester. Many schools charge you by the semester as a full time student taking between a certain number of credits (generally 12 to 19-ish depending on the school), you only pay by the individual credit through 11 credits or if you an overload.</p>
<p>Like Cantera mentioned above, make sure to check the residency requirements at the school you will be attending. In many states you cannot receive in-state tuition if you go to the state for the purpose of attending college. Many states also consider the residency of the parent not the student (regardless of whether or not the parent is contributing for college).</p>
<p>If you work over the summers and during the year will you be able to cover the COA with your earnings and federal loans? Will your parents co-sign a private loan or take out a ParentPLUS loan that they will ask you to repay later? </p>
<p>Please don’t take these posts of questions from those on cc to be discouraging or non-supportive. Just the opposite. You were correct in you OP the process of figuring the ins and outs of paying for college is daunting, with so many questions to ask. :)</p>