Studying in a bad economy

<p>I’ll probably have to reconsider those UC’s then. What about the private schools such as Stanford or USC? They shouldn’t be affected much should they (I’m guessing they don’t receive much funding from the state in the first place, since they are private schools)? </p>

<p>Forgot to mention, I am a US citizen (I was born in the US, but I’ve been living overseas ever since). Would I have to pay taxes as a student?</p>

<p>By the way, what do you mean by ‘the COL’?</p>