I’m a second year Penn State student. The college gave me money to go to an alternative campus. Because of federal loans I was able to afford it. however I was not applicable for the PLUS loan because of credit score. I transferred my campus to Penn State since those are the classes I need for Nuclear engineering and the cost after pell grant and subsidized/unsubsidized loans is $20k per semester. What can I say to my mom to convince her that it’s not worth it. She always talks about the book ‘rich dad poor dad’ as a reason for why it’s okay to take that much money? Besides scholarships I would have to take a loan and I’ll be fucked if I do. What options do I have?
You already completed one year of school, so you could only do one year at CC anyway. Then you’d have to re-apply to PSU and gamble on another aid package. Doesn’t sound worth it to me.
Just tell PSU you need more money and see what they do. Unlikely to work since you already matriculated, but who knows.