u/Crazy_Quality_1254

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Family won't pay for UIUC anymore

So a bit of context, I got into UIUC Grainger as an international and 4 other safeties. I'm really grateful for this opportunity and up until recently, my parents were willing to look into the finances and consider paying the 71k given that I do on-campus jobs and shift out of dorms after first year. Now they're no longer willing to, they do not think I'll be able to land an on campus job nor any internship. We previously discussed that if things don't work out, I'll then transfer out to cheaper options, but now they're discarding that option too.

It'd really really help if someone could tell me how common it is to find on campus jobs here, and if there are any intls here, is it difficult to get CPT authorisation for off campus jobs in your second year? I don't know if this is possible but I heard you can get in-state tuition rate apparently after a year or residency? I'm just devastated, this was my dream school and I didn't get into any other reach (waitlists), the opportunities and prospects graduating from UIUC outweigh those of my safeties... even though I'm incredibly grateful for being able to attend each of them
Thank you

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u/Crazy_Quality_1254 — 5 hours ago