I’ll try to make this a long story short. Basically, I am a 22 year old female who attended her first semester of college back in 2012. I went to that institution for 2 years while majoring in Health Science to become a Physician Assistant. After much thought, I decided that career wasn’t for me, nor was the college I was attending. I took the semester off, and I suppose out of fear of never finishing my education, I re-enrolled myself back into that institution and majored in something else. That only lasted for a semester before I made the permanent decision to come back home.

It has been two years that I have not been in school. I have been working PT since taking a hiatus and trying to figure out my life. I foolishly have not saved a single penny from working (which could have potentially helped me get back into schooling). There is a college closer to my home that I was planning on attending in the Spring. I met with my advisor, we discussed which classes I should take for my major (which, by the way, is something I feel 10x more confident in pursuing), and I applied for loans and whatnot.

I called the school today to see my status on the loans, and once I discussed to my father that we would have to pay out of pocket roughly $1k every month, he insisted that it was too much. My father is retired, and while my mother is still working, we just simply don’t make as much money as we use to. I am a dependent student and therefore have to rely on my parents to pay for the remaining tuition. So essentially, I was very excited to be going back to school to pursue something I love and then got shot down today all because of money issues, which I understand…but it still hurts nevertheless. I feel like I’m never going to finish school at this rate because I keep getting let down and finishing college and earning a degree is something I am incredibly passionate about.

I know college is not for everyone, but it is most certainly a part of my life goals. I just don’t know what to do. I cried for a good 10 minutes today in my chair feeling defeated. I just need some comfort, advice, anything to make me feel better. Thank you.