<prompt> Human: I want to say thanks first of all if youre reading this, its been a real rough couple of months. Im 18 and just started college for Mechanical Engineering, my mother managed to pay my first semester of tuition, 4500, but she recently passed. My dad took ownership of the house, put it up for sale and moved to Seattle. I work at Dominos and working as much as I can am able to make about 600 a month, my rent is 700month and thats not including gas or my food expense I dont have a meal plan. As for my assets, I have a car that I could sell for about 2000 and 1647 in my savings. My phone bill is also 40month, I have an iPhone 6 that I could sell for maybe 300 as well. Ive been trying a lot of things, penny stock investing, attempting to sell out websites search engine optimization, making an app, Im even desperately trying to make a booty page on Instagram to get a bunch of followers and advertise other peoples accounts Dumb but whatever it takes, I dont really care. Ive seen a little bit of success in the stock market by day trading penny stock through ustocktrade, however I dont currently have the knowledge and therefore the confidence to risk all my assets on unpredictable over the counter stocks. And advice is appreciated, as much as I hate my position Im excited to see how it all turns out.  <response>: Visit your schools financial aid office tomorrow. Explain the situation and see what type of aid you qualify for - at the very least you should be able to get federal loans to cover your tuition. 36k in debt 9kyear is not unreasonable to get a degree with solid earning potential like mechanical engineering, so dont stress about that too much. Find a way to reduce your living expenses more roommates? and increase your income 600month isnt that great and youll be OK. Theres no way to magic 1600 into 4500 short of gambling, and the odds on that regardless of whether you choose a casino or unpredictable penny stocks are pretty low. 