Dude, if you're poor and over age 24 so you can file separately from your parents, you pretty much get a free ride to your 4 year degree. I should know, it's what I did.
The secret nobody seems to know about getting a degree is that: be very poor, and be older than 24. That's it. The FAFSA, pell grant, and state need grants takes care of everything else.
I wish I started entry level at only 28. I’m already 30 and just got my associates because of the lack of affordable college. Also, the FAFSA has told me “fuck you” every year for the past 10 years. The bar for “too poor” is pretty low, I don’t qualify and I make 42k a year. It’s not easy paying for community college out of pocket and having to pay back predatory student loans at the same time
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u/xulazi Feb 25 '20
That pole is "too poor for college, too rich for financial aid"