Advice on student loans?

Question

I will be spending about 8 to 12 years in college, pursuing a clinical psychology career, which will mostly all rely on student loans; but I don’t want to finish school and then realize I relied too heavily on student loans to the point I’m hit with far more loans + interest than I could have avoided. Keep in mind, at this point in time, I am an (almost) 18 year old who has no money saved up and parents who will most likely put little to no money towards my education. I will be able to live with them for a while without paying any kind of rent.
Also, I am currently accepted into a school for my first two years, for $3,172 tuition + Books and supplies, etc. Estimated cost of attendance in total is about $9,500, for tuition, books, etc.

Answer

I would say find a mentor in the field.
Are you willing to relocate?
There are programs for psychologists that have them move to areas where access to care is limited and work towards loan forgiveness

Answer

Have you appiled to grants and scholarships that your college offers? Have you signed up for websites like fastweb, scholarships.com, collegexpress.com, and a bunch of others. I've found pins on Pinterest that will say may scholarships  june scholarships, April scholarships, etc. You can try working for companies that do tuition reimbursement like Starbucks,Verizon,At&t; and a few others as well. Have you appiled to any scholarships your community gives out? Can you work a part time job while in college and during the breaks as well.  You can start a gofundme.com page and ask for a certain amount of money every year and see if people will give you anything. If you can't find a part time job you try doing other things like mowing lawns, washing cars, petting sitting or dog walking, house sitting,or  babysitting or a nanny, flipping items and reselling, starting your own, business,etc. See if any organizations you did in your life like girl scoots or any others any scholarships. See if your  parents work at a company that offers grants or scholarships for there employees childern. You can do I am  doing now and look up creative ways to pay for college. I hope this helps and good luck I'm doing psychology to so I understand the need to find money for at least 8 years and sometimes 12.

Advice on student loans?

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