Financial Aid won't pay for college anymore. Help!

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I got a email from my college that my financial aid won't cover the tuition anymore. What should I do? I thought about getting a job to pay for my classes but so far when I've applied I gotten no response. I have not even gotten considered for a job. Should I apply for grants and scholarships? What should I do? I'm currently attending a 2 year college but I'm really worried about getting a chance to finish. Should I also consider a technical degree? What things or special skill set should I have before I consider? Please help! Any advice would be appreciated.

You need to find out why they won't pay for college anymore. Are you not taking enough classes? Are your grades too low? Was the financial aid only for a specific amount of time?

I would strongly urge you to check into scholarships and grants also.

Yeah find out what the reason was. You may have to call some people, but usually they're really nice and can provide a lot of help. I would start by talking to the financial aid office at your school.

If you're in the US, you can borrow something like 60k until you get to graduate school, then you can borrow up to something like 130k. So you probably haven't hit any sort of limit. It's probably a simple problem like the other poster suggested.

And I second the recommendation to look into scholarships and grants. Autistic people are now classified by many fields as a social minority, so you may be able to get help from aid programs for minorities.

I'll list what options I think you have. You can decide for yourself which you want to do and which are even doable for you.

1. Grants

2. Scholarships (talk to the college counselor about both of these and see what is available. They have someone there. Also talk to the financial aid people there as well. Ask their advice)

3. Parents and grandparents

4. A job but it's going to be harder this way

5. The military. Hardest of all, but you can join the Guard or Reserves and get your college taken care of and only do monthly weekend drill and one longer summer drill after basic. Then again, there is a war on and you could get called up. It's a chance you have to take if you choose this one. Not the best option for everybody, but it's still an option.

6. Student loan if your major is one that basically guarantees a good job after graduation and you will be able to pay it back.

Good luck!

There's also Germany (free college even if you are not a citizen), but you'd have to learn German first through Rosetta Stone or something similar. Probably a better option than getting sent to the middle east.

Germany allows foreigners to just come over and get a free university education? With degrees/certificates?

I'd suggest a student loan if you're in the US, granted you feel really confident you have a chance of getting a job with you degree when you get it.

Yes. I know for a fact that Americans can get Master's degrees with little to no tuition. However, you still have to pay your own room and board, which is expensive.

That's absolutely true. I use loans but almost all of the people in grad school with me get "funding" in exchange for being assistant teachers. They also get a stipend of something like 1500 a month to live on. Crazy!

That doesn't help the OP with a 2 year degree. There was probably a reason why they cut it off and that can be remedied.