<prompt> Human: Long time lurker of this sub. Just a little bit of a background...I come from a working class family where not one intermediate family member has gone to college. Upon graduation from High School, I was pressured by my parents to not attend college and to pursue a blue-collar job just like my brother and sister. They believed that I would do just fine with just a decent job and didnt like the risk I was taking with college. I told them I didnt want a decent job. Now... I am aware that you can get a good job without a degree but thats besides the point. My parents were unable to help with any financial contribution to my tuition and I absolutely refused to take out any loans because of the financial burden it would have on my future after graduation.In order to make this work, I ended up commuting to my college for my first 2 years. My 3rd year I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment on the edge of campus and this year final year I live in a 3 bedroom apartment on the edge of campus. Commuting obviously saved me a ton of money because of the rent aspect so my parents did end up helping me there. I ended up working about 30 hours a week since the start of my freshman year of college until recently where I picked up a 2nd job upping my hours to around 50 hours a week. Note that this was maintaining a full-time schedule with school. Tuition was about 4.5k per semester and I took a few summer classes which ranged from 1-3k per summer for 3 summers. During this recent Summer 2015, I pursued two study abroad programs through my University. I ended up applying for a large amount of scholarships to help out for this which cut the cost down to about 13. Before the trip...my junker of a car broke down and it wasnt worth getting it fixed so I bought a newer ish car for around 11k out of pocket. I lived sort of frugally throughout these last 4 years to be able to accomplish all of this and I consistently applied for scholarships throughout all 4 years as well. Scholarships took about half of the cost down for my tuition expenses.TL;DR - Worked my ass off, applied for scholarships, kicked my college tuitions ass.EDIT 1: Addressing some questions and concerns from the comments... I double major in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. I currently go to an in-state University. With my job that I had through all of college, I was able to do a lot of my emailing and research on slow days and I took a 1-2 online classes along with classes on campus. My 2nd job that I picked up for my senior year was a bouncer job security at a local college bar where the hours were 3rd shift so it cut into my sleep schedule but it gave me a secondary source of income.EDIT 2: I just turned 22 as well. Some people are questioning my field of study as well as the University I currently attend because it wasnt expensive and prestigious. I have job offers lined up and am working with a job coach that is guiding me to phenomenal employers. For the spring of 2016, I landed an unpaid internship at a federal level in a nearby location. They are working me a minimum of 18hours per week which cuts heavily into my current workload and time. I know I am taking a huge risk with the unpaid factor and my time but this will make my resume look very strong.EDIT 3: The feedback here is overwhelming and I wish I can show you guys how much I appreciate the positive comments. I have been following this sub reddit now for quite awhile now and every story or piece of advice submitted on this sub has helped me and is helpful to others. Again, thank you so much for the positive feedback! Happy holidays!  <response>: Congratulations you responsible jerk! Way to make the rest of us look bad. Jokes aside, that is awesome. You did amazing work, stranger. 