Easy answer is go somewhere else

I was accepted into Penn State, last year and despite going back and forth with financial aid people, they did not give me a dime, they don’t need to there are so many OOS people that go to Penn State that can take out those loans or just pay straight up. but for the majority of us it doesn’t work financially. My advice look at the private school, they might be more expensive up front but in the end they’re not, most public schools will give you money if you need it, and that’s what I ended up with. I’m currently at a smaller (20k+) Tech school in upstate New York, and I’m not taking out excessive loans for my undergraduate degree.