u/daughteroftheK1ng

i cannot for the life of me find the livestream for today's commencement. if you have it or know where to look pls lmk

I am 21 and became a junior this past spring semester on the path to getting my bachelor's. I transferred from community college, and this past school year was my first at a 4-year in-state college. My biggest issue I have run into is cost. I paid for the last couple of semesters at community college without help from my parents, working part-time at minimum wage, but now that I am at a much more expensive school, I cannot pay that much. My parents make too much money to get really any financial aid, but they have no intention of helping me pay for school, and do not want to cosign a loan either. I drained my savings to pay for the fall semester, but this semester I have an outstanding balance of a couple of thousand dollars. I am planning to work full-time over the summer to pay it off, but then the issue resets in the fall.

On top of that, because of the hold on my account, I cannot register for fall classes yet, and I checked, and most of the classes I need are full. So I was thinking, should I just stop school until I am 24 so I can get aid based on my income and save up until then? Because even if I try to go this fall, I will probably not even be full-time and can't get aid. I don't know if my pessimism is blinding me, but any input would be appreciated.