# Dopers who went to college without money from parents

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 26, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-went-to-college-without-money-from-parents/261597 "2004-08-26T14:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-went-to-college-without-money-from-parents/261597/41 "2004-08-28T01:27:52Z")

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G.I. Bill and student loans.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-went-to-college-without-money-from-parents/261597/42 "2004-08-28T01:42:17Z")

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> [@LiquidCougar](#):
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> My whole class registration process has been a nightmare so far. … My financial aid is ALL f\*cked up.

Welcome to college!  
🙂

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-went-to-college-without-money-from-parents/261597/43 "2004-08-28T02:06:45Z")

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CUNY. Pell and TAP grants. Worked full time. An aunt who bought all my books every year.

I lived at home and CUNY was cheap comparitively.

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**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-went-to-college-without-money-from-parents/261597/44 "2004-08-30T17:07:39Z")

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Keep with it, LiquidCougar, I’ve seen people that no one thought could do it in college get into great grad programs. About the FAFSA stuff, there is hope. Once you are over, I believe it’s 23, but not sure as I’ll be well out of school by then, your parental income doesn’t count and it’s only your income, so grants may come easier in the future.

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