<p>Are you a senior in high school? Are you planning to go to college this coming fall? Have you completed FAFSA? If your family income is indeed below the poverty line, you will likely qualify for the PELL grant. That with some loans (again through the government and by filling out FAFSA) is usually sufficient to pay for local state college courses. Once you are in a number of schools, if you do well, there are sometimes scholarships available. If and when you transfer, if you do well and depending on your transfer school, there might be something available. It is true that most of the opportunities are for incoming freshmen, but there are often departmental monies for upper classmen who excell. My son got some grant money and an award as a junior which was such a welcome surprise. </p>
<p>Good luck and I hope you do well in college. There are always benefits and rewards to doing well in school, though not always the awards.</p>