College isn't free, as I'm sure you realize. It's a truism repeated ad nauseam in the admission world, but let me assure you: nothing is quite so acutely agonizing as signing that first tuition check. Personally, I think it's the closest I've ever come to knowing what that guy who cut off his own arm in Utah felt like.
But thankfully there are other options out there for those of us who aren't quite ready to put up a kidney on e-bay. Read on after the jump to get the answers to some of our most frequently asked financial aid questions--and to find out how to get some of that cash for yourself!
