<prompt> Human: I am currently a senior in high school and am going to be going to a large research university next year. My family does not make a large amount of money, around 70,000year between both my mom and dad. In the last few years my mom has had a lot of health complications costing many thousands of dollars and is on track to have her eight surgery next month. Because of all of the medical bills they were forced to use up all of mine and my brothers savings accounts as well as theirs. After that, they then had to withdraw money from their 401k plans to help pay the bills. The money withdrawn from a 401k counts towards income when filling out the FAFSA so our estimated family contributions are 13,567year, none of while they can afford. The college I am attending costs 30,000 a year but with my ACT score I got a 10,000year scholarship. I plan on working as much as possible to reduce my student loan debt before graduation. Is there anything more I can do? EDIT: Im going to school to be majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. And the school Im going to offers paid internships after your freshman year at around 25-30 dollars an hour and has a 100 job placement rate starting at 70,000. The university also has the largest indoor job fair in the country and both my major programs are ABET accredited.  <response>: Go to a cheaper school. Keep in mind that a FAFSA is done each year. If the 401k isnt touched in future years, that wont jack up your familys income as much.There are also exceptions that can be made to the FAFSA, in extenuating circumstances like health problems. Talk to your schools financial aid office. 