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Wait, I just read in this thread that not having financial aid when going to college was financial suicide

• ar_lan 7y ago
  If you go the conventional route and only take loans. Community college + working through that means you can get potentially better college options when you transfer AND you can save significantly for those first years of your undergrad. By the time I transferred I had saved enough to cover the full tuition + living costs for my last two years of college, coming out debt-free. The big acknowledgment I'll make is that rent where I'm from was really cheap and I'm generally on the frugal side, so I was able to save up most of my income those first few years of college. I recognize not everyone is in that kind of position, but if people are they really should take advantage of this system if they really want to go to college.