Jacq - ok on the financial thing, my friend went through that too, where she's not going to get a dime from her parents because they are mad at her for going to college (being "better" than her parents) and they won't give any info because they are terrified of the govt (live in fears more than in reality). So she was also denied at first because of that and had to jup through all these hoops to say "no my parents are essetially estranged from me because of my choice to go to college." Long story short - there have to be more options..... hope you can find them!!!

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