<prompt> Human: Hey everyone,Im looking for some advice regarding paying for college. Recently I got into my top choice school, Northeastern, which also happens to be one of the most expensive schools on my list. Ive done some preliminary research which, according to the following assumptions, should put my overall tuition cost to around 324,000.nbsp; Tuition increases 4 per year. Room and board increases 3 per year until the end of sophomore year, where it increases 5 for junior year and 8 in senior year to account for off-campus housing in Boston. nbsp;Right now my parents have budgeted a maximum of 50k per year for up to 4 years, which leaves me with 124,000 to come up with. I have applied for a couple smaller scholarships but I wont receive an answer from the providers until after I commit. Another thing that helps substantially is Northeasterns cooperative program which would allow me to earn significantly more cash than a part-time job on campus.nbsp;Any ideas are appreciated, if you have further questions feel free to ask!nbsp;Thanks!Assistant: The first question is is the degree you are getting going to be worth the high cost? I know you seem somewhat set on this college, but if youre just getting a psychology degree or something that isnt going to necessarily pay you back then you might want to think about seeing if any cheaper options become available; you dont want to end up one of the people posting on here in the 200k student loans38k income category.As is it sounds like you need to be applying to every single damn scholarship you can get your hands on, look into every bit of financial aid available, and get yourself a job as you are leading up to try to build up as much of a cushion as you can before you go. If you decide to go there you will almost certainly be coming out heavy in debt; so make sure that whatever you get out of it is worth the cost network your heart out and then keep going, youll definitely need advantages to help after you graduate.Human: Should have mentioned that in the original post, Ive decided on Mechanical Engineering so the income after college probably shouldnt be the issue as their placement rate is extremely high for engineering degrees. Thanks for the response, I already have a part-time job tutoring students in my area for around 12 hours a week at 25 an hour. Most of that is going into savings.  <response>: Just make sure this is really want you want to do. Make sure you really love your courses and create a backup plan. 