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This student is currently in college. There are her answers to the questions.

1) When I was applying for school, I did worry about how my family was going to pay for my college. As a first generation college student, I knew that it was hard to pay for college and I started looking for loans. Financial aid would not give me anything because they thought my family was ‘rich’, but we are not. My family is a family of 6 members and half of the money goes into paying bills, feeding ourselves and then it goes into the company that my dad works in. Thankfully, we managed to find a way and now I able to attend college.

2) Yes, there was many private colleges that I wanted to apply to. They had given me scholarships but the amount remaining ended up being more expensive than actual public schools.

3) I did have a job during the summers and that money went to all the supplies I needed and the dorm necessities that I had to bring. Most of that money, which was not enough to pay for college, was used for miscellaneous things.

4) I have Pre-Medicine concentration and I know that once I graduate undergrad, I have to attend medical school. Medical school is similar to the tuition in private school, which is expensive. As I was doing my research, many soon-to-be doctor took loans to attend medical school and they are only residents, who do not get payed like actual doctors do. I have thought of working harder for money and getting loans just to attend med-school. Many of these doctors still have to pay off some loans from med-school while having families. It worries me that it will take some time to pay of any loans.

5) I applied to around five scholarships. I know I should have applied for more, but when financial aid is shown I would not get a reply back. I thought that because financial aid did not give me anything, most scholarships would not either.

6) Sadly only one, which made me mad. I was classified as a person that does not need any aid because they think that my parents money all goes to college which it does not. They have kids to feed and people to pay back to.

7) I would not say it has affected us yet, but when my brothers go into college and they have to pay all that money to the schools that they attend. Two kids in college and one in med-school will surely not be interesting and it might affect us financially. My parents will not have to work as hard as they are working now. It's not easy having to work twice as hard to save up some money for next semester so I can attend college.