<p>I've literally been losing sleep and weight over my college choice. I'm not worried about being accepted - because I believe I did get in, but the problem is the financial part. My family's EFC is like... 7515 or something. We don't make a lot of money, and there's no way my family can help at all. My dad's a renal patient, so while he makes a fairly decent amount of money, all but $300 of it goes to medical insurance. </p>
<p>I've applied for the FAFSA and I'm going to recieve my financial plan thing in seven to ten days. If I am billed any amount of money, then to put it simply, I can't go to college. Being laid off recently, my funds are declining and obviously I can't pay for it on my own. That and this is the only college I can apply for. So basically, I'm in a very precarious situation. If I don't get in, I won't be able to apply for another. And it'd be a pain to back out after almost getting in because I can't afford it. </p>
<p>I've applied for financial aid but I've held off on a lot of scholarships until I know for sure I'm a freshman. Not that I haven't been working on essays. The only way I'll succeed in my school is to work very VERY hard. </p>
<p>What's exactly in the financial plan/packet? So I'll know ahead of time what's going to happen and my parents doing kick me out for landing them in a massive debt. After all my research, I don't know much of anything on how you actually PAY for college minus scholarships and loans. I don't know what happens after that.</p>