<prompt> Human: Im entering my senior year of high school and found out my parents will not pay my for my tuition. The thing is they can certainly afford to pay my tuition my dad has mentioned that he makes at least over 250k, and Im guessing my moms salary to be around 70-80k. They paid for my older brothers education but refuse to pay for mine. This means I probably wont qualify for any financial aid.Considering my career goals of wanting to go into finance, its pretty important for me to go to a target school, so Im looking at the Ivies, some stronger privates, and the UCs. The four year cost at a UC would be around 120k and the cost at a private would be over 200k looking at the statistics that the university websites provide. What can I do to prepare for paying my tuition regardless of where I go? I have about 2500 cash under my mattress and make 30 a week tutoring students.  <response>: Not sure if youve considered or discarded this idea yet, but have you considered community college? It costs peanuts compared to a 4 year.There are setbacks, its hard to get certain classes because of over crowding, depending on where you live. But as long as you perform well, you can transfer at the end of 2 years into respectable 4 year universities.Since youve mentioned the UC system, Im assuming you live in California. And from the community college I went to, I know people who transferred into UC Berkeley, UCLA, and so forth. There are also guaranteed transfer programs, as long as you meet certain requirements.Youve mentioned that your parents are willing to pay for rent and food and this is pretty much all you need for the first 2 years. 