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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, your parents are being jerks. Doesn't mean they don't love you. Doesn't mean they are not great parents. But all of us are jerks sometimes. And that's what your parents are here. Forgive them for it down the road and don't do the same to your kids.

You will have to go the state school route and hopefully get into UVA, W&M, or Tech. You also need to suck it up and keep more of an open mind about the south and west. Forget Texas and UNC -- we are talking elite schools here -- but Ole Miss gives great merit, as does Arizona (though less than they used to). When you get in with low cost, then they might cave in and pay for the rest. Hopefully, they are bluffing about not paying anything.

If they are not bluffing, my advice would be not to go to college and to work, get independence as an adult in a couple years, and then you will qualify for financial aid...[/quote]

Her parents were low income and she has siblings. They’re not jerks, they just have to be really sure their retirement is fully funded so they are not a burden in old age. You really do not know the whole story, stop making this kid feel worse than she already does. [/quote]

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