<prompt> Human: My parents make about 140k a year pre-tax. They have no home or auto loans, and live in a low COL area. As a result, the FAFSA expects us to pay up to 26k a year in college costs. They dont want to spend that much on my education, however. There are no schools inexpensive enough for them 0-8k a year I got into UMICH 28k per year, Brown 30k per year, Dartmouth 22k per year, Vanderbilt 23k per year, and Harvey Mudd 26k per year all for Computer Science. My savings are about 13k. I had a 31 on my ACT and a 4.0. My financial aid eligibility is determined by my parentss income until Im 24. I cant pay for college on my own until then. I hate having to have to turn down ivies good state schools, because I cant defer my enrollment six years, but what else is there?tl;dr Got into good universities, cant afford them, what do I do until I qualify for aid can pay on my own?  <response>: Go to to community college and dont go into massive amounts of debt. Then transfer to a state school. Pay for by working full time and going to college part time if need be. The whole cost for your degree if you do a 4 year should be under 50k if you go this route and you will be able to get the same job that you would have if you went to a crazy expensive school. Do not spend 100k! 