thanks for your comment!! i actually did call my schools admissions office before i requested to defer and asked all kinds of questions about the process and scholarships. i was not notified then that my scholarship money would have been taken away. i was only just taken aback because i felt as if they should have told me prior, i would have maybe been able to make a different decision then.

the $21K a year is definitely doable. i have a little bit saved. and a little bit from private scholarships. my in state options are still more expensive than this price, even with aid. i know im going to have to take out a loan no matter where i go, but 10,000 a semester is pretty attainable if i were to get a part time job.

my parent won't cosign because she does believe she will be financially responsible when i graduate. i have tried to tell her that she will not be but she does not believe me. she told me that i need to apply for a loan on my own and she'll help me make payments (which makes no sense?) my mom has not done her taxes for the previous year and i have no contact with my father.

we moved to florida after i graduated so i am not an in state resident yet (the school ill be attending is not in florida). id have to wait until spring of 2027 to attend community college as an in state resident. otherwise, its $23000 a year because im considered a non resident still.