<prompt> Human: Im less than a month away from making my final college decision, and Ive been mostly settled with one particular private university. Without ANY form of scholarship or aid, my tuition and board would be 42,260 annually. Fortunately, Ive received enough scholarships from my merit and musical talent enough to mark this down to 22,760. I filed my FAFSA and am eligible to take out up to 5,500 in federal student loans. This leaves me with 17,260 to cover on my own. My parents will most likely NOT take out a Parent PLUS loan simply because they want me to be ultimately responsible for my own payment. I want to only use private loans as a last resort. Besides scholarships, do I have any other ways to make this cost more managable until I can work ResLife cut 11k off my cost from Room and Board?Assistant: Go to a cheaper school. College isnt unattainable just because this one school might be too expensive.Human: Right now this is actually one of my cheapest options. An in state public university would be 29,000 a year because I wasnt admitted into their honors college.Assistant: Have you even looked at community college?Human: I keep trying to convince my parents to let me do that, but despite the financial security Id be selling myself short and wasting my time  <response>: Youre an adult. Youre paying for your education. Make your own choices. 