Okay, I'm kind of freaking out right now...I come from a relatively low-income family, my college decision came down to two choices, one of which was about $4k/year more expensive than the other. During visits, I realized I would be very unhappy at the less expensive one, and committed to the other. However, I'm now really worried about affording college.
The "total cost" I get from using the school's financial planner is around $10k, but our EFC was $4500, which was already unrealistically high--there's no way we're going to be able to manage this without taking out loans (there were none in my financial aid package). Is every freshman eligible to borrow more money in federal student loans? If I can take out $5000, combined with my work study and summer earnings, and maybe a small parent loan, we should be alright...Please help, lol.
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