How i$ Everyone Paying for the CRAZY College Price$?- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 8/24/05 at 11:19am

Waitaminute- if your parents aren't paying, you should qualify for financial aid based on your salary alone.

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:19pm

Nope. They still claim me as a dependant on their income taxes. Hence, no aid for me.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/25/05 at 2:33pm

Oh. So I'm guessing they wouldn't be happy if you declared your financial independence? Admittedly, the college students I know who have done that don't tend to get along with their parents. But the overall savings might be better.

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 8/26/05 at 4:19pm

well for me if I don't get scholarships and/or grants (which would cover a great amount of the tuition) i really dont know how ill go...

all the schools im applying to are 30-40 thousand a year.

in other words i will be paying loans off till i'm 40...

[BroadwayBettini2]

Posted: 8/30/05 at 8:05pm

I'm only paying 1,200 a year for school and I'm upper middle class.

My Grandpa was really sly and got me all the Fafsa stuff because my dad works for him. I also recieved one 10,000 dollar scholarship from the school and I applied and recieved 6 diffrent performing arts schoalrships from diffrent foundations. It's all about applying early.

[ekrueger24]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 11:41am

I was wondering the same thing of how to pay for these outrageous prices. For the original poster who wanted to move out of state, I suggest the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It isn't all that much farther than Utah, but if I recall correctly, Idaho qualifies for cheaper tution through Western Undergraduate Exchange. I attend UNLV and like it here. Their theatre program partners with professionals in their productions and this year are presenting 12 productions including "The Foreigner", "Carnival!", and "Inherit the Wind" among others.

Anyways, I am very fortunate enough to be performing in Hairspray at the Luxor in February. So that will be how I will be paying for it.