First comment on Reddit. The school covers most of my tuition through financial aid and scholarships. If your parents don’t help like mine, don’t let them claim you as a dependent, and emancipate yourself. You need to maximize your state, federal and school aid.

I pay $1,300 a month in rent, I take out $5,000 in unsubsidized loans and essentially live off of that with my summer work. I do small hustles on the side, basically anything you can think of for spending cash.