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Originally Posted by Hektore
an idea you may want to look into:if you have a good relationship with your parents and they have really good credit you may be able to just get a general loan with a lower interest rate than you would be able to get on student loans. You also could tack on some book/food/rent money that way and you may not be able to with a normal student loan. The trade off is you will have to start paying on the loan now instead of later, but in the long run you could save some money.
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When students are evaluated for student aid, the school typically takes into account the entire cost of attendance for the program--rent, transportation, food, books, tuition, and misc. expenses included. For instance, the cost of attendance at my state university last year was $16,000. About $9,000 of that is tuition and fees.
Fill out a FAFSA. Talk to one of their student aid advisors. I'm not sure if a FAFSA is going to do you any good in an overseas program, but you'll have to find that out from the Department of Education. If you are not able to get financial aid through a subsidized loan, there are other means of borrowing, including private student loans. Most banks offer them, as do most major lenders.