Finacial Aid! I don't know how it works where you live, but in Wisconsin I know once you turn 24 you get so much more financial aid because they stop factoring in your parents financial status. Unfortunately, I'm still 23 and my mother makes a lot of money so I'm taking out student loans, but one of my friends just turned 24 and she got $6,000 more than the tuition.

I wish I was 24 now and not next year.