-- Posted by Jordan837 at 7:58 pm on Jan. 12, 2008 I came to this site hoping that someone here may be able to help me. Here is my situation. I have been accepted to Knox College, and I hope to be attending there next fall. I received $16,00 per year in merit scholarships from the school,  and I am in the process of applying for financial aide/FAFSA. The entire cost of attending Knox is about $36,00 dollars. When I tell people that I received $16,000, they act like I just robbed Fort Knox (no pun intended), but they done realize that I still need to find $20,000 more. What makes matters even worse is that my parents separated and decided to divorce right as I started my senior year back in August. Long story short, there is no college fund. I have worked extremely hard throughout high school, I have straight A's, over a 4.442 weighted GPA, I'm ranked number 2 or 3 out of my class of 550, I have worked in cancer research at the age of 17, and I have a 32 ACT with a perfect in writing. I will also be the first person in my family to attend college right out of high school. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I feel like I have worked myself to the bone for four years and I am not receiving the amount of money that I had hoped for, and I am very worried about how I am going to pay for college as I have to also consider the cost of medical school after I finish my undergraduate degree. How can I find the money I need? Many of the websites that I have come across are very confusing. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Posted by mendingheart518 at 8:00 pm on Jan. 12, 2008 which parent do you live with, and can you get any parent plus loans? are you recieving tap? -- Posted by Jordan837 at 8:02 pm on Jan. 12, 2008 I live with my mother who makes about $66,000 a year. Also, I have no idea what a parent plus loan or a TAP is. -- Posted by ScholarshipExpert at 10:16 am on Feb. 20, 2008 Use www.scholarshipexperts.com. It fast, easy and FREE. I suggest applying to 5-10 scholarships a month and continue through college. Look for programs that require large word counts. The higher the word count, the fewer applicants. This means better chances for you to score the scholarship. Ask both your parents to check their employers also. Many offer tuition assistnace and scholarships to their employees and children. Most important, don't give up after applying to a few. I applied to over 20 before I finally started winning and now I have over 15 scholarships in the last three years, completely paying for my school!