If you're in Columbus, in state tuition at Ohio state is less than $9000 a year, so it is hard to imagine being unable to find money for school. You can make that kind of money working part time at a bar.
It may be different in Columbus. A popular bartender at the right bar in SF can make $400/night in tips. However, I paid my way through school in the midwest with academic scholarships and a part time unix systems administrator job. The school I went to cost twice as much as Ohio State, and I graduated with no debt, so I sort of agree with "gm."
shrugs I found my solution: community college as a launchpad for getting high grades and going to Uni for free.
I can afford to pay for CC out of pocket. It's cheap.
Columbus has a severe labor surplus/job shortage. This rust belt area is dying hard. I was lucky to get my $9 an hour job. I live alone, I pay all my bills myself. Columbus doesn't give me much margin to work with, were it not for my frugality.
