<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinanceI am 17 years old and I was accepted to Kennesaw State in early December and was planning on working towards a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. I was really excited but then I started becoming stressed about tuition cost and debt my school costs about 15,000 a year. I am confused and cant find any information about people in my specific situation. I did decent in school 3.4 weighted GPA and I scored well on the ACT 29 non-super scored, but the gray area comes in with my currently living situation; right now I live in a group home because I was removed from my home for abuse recently and I have been considered a ward of the state for about 3 months now. I have talked to multiple people about my college and was told different things by everyone. Some tell me all of my college is covered by Georgia, others say it depends on if I stay a ward of the state while in college. So I am awfully confused.I also filed out my FASFA this morning and it said my ETC was 0 and I was eligible for a full Pell Grant of about 6000.Questions:Does anyone know exactly what benifits wards of the state have for college?How much of my college is covered and how much debt will I have if I dont work it off during college?Is there anyone I can contact about my situation?Is there anything I should know before college concerning finance?But overrall I am mainly wondering how much of my college is covered for being a ward, if any.  <response>: I hope others come by who know more about your specific situation. I just wanted to wish you good luck. One small bit of advice: keep paperwork, keep records of e-mails and phone conversations, ask and record the names of the people you speak to. This is general advice, but it can be very helpful and I wish I had done that when I started living on my own. It helps you to keep track of what your obligations are for example, the paperwork for a student loan sits in your file, reminding you that one day you will have to start paying it, and of course it also helps you with any dispute you may encounter when a company or government agency messes up their administration... 