<prompt> Human: I live with just my mom and brother and my mom makes enough to give us what we need, we always have food clothes and a roof over our heads. But she doesnt make enough to let us do whatever we want all the time. I was talking to her about college and she said she didnt know how we were going to pay for it. So Im just looking for advice so I dont end up going into a lot of debt. Thank you for any advice!  <response>: If you get good grades, SAT scores, and have decent extracurricular activities, AND your household income is sufficiently low, you might be able to get some very good no-loan need-based aid from one of the top-tier schools that has lots of endowment money Ivies, etc.... You would need to be the kind of student who could get accepted to such a school. And youd still have expenses travel, books, etc... that probably wouldnt be covered by your need-based aid, but there are some schools known for being more generous than others and if youre a top student, its worth doing your research.You can use the Net Price Calculator to get an approximation of your familys cost at each school. 