I have one more year left at an expensive private university in NYC. I had a falling out with my parents and they no longer will support me financially. Even though I am 25 and legally Independent, the institute still recognizes me as a dependent of my parents and won’t offer me financial aid due to their income level (even though we live in an extremely high cost area).
What are my options for getting approximately $80-90K and minimizing my debt coming out of college? This is all new to me.
Edit: Thanks for the responses!
For some clarification: I have been a student since 2011. I had to withdraw twice for medical reasons. This caused my parents to lose a decent amount of money that won't count towards anything. They were only able to afford it through a scholarship program that has since dried up for me. They are absolutely done with paying and they made that perfectly clear.
As far as clarifying the Independent status, I can qualify for federal aid by filling out the fafsa as independent, but Columbia will consider me dependent on my mother and father who make to much to qualify for aid. So federal loans are definite, but it still leaves a huge amount and I am curious what the best way to borrow the rest is.
Submitted October 02, 2018 at 04:04PM by clankratchet https://ift.tt/2IwRS60
