<human>: Here's the scene:

-18M in college.

-College is in a major city, tuition is expensive out the ass (65K/year).

-Brother is in pre-med. He's on scholarships now but no telling what'll happen if he gets into med school.

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I unwittingly screwed up this semester and am now behind by about 6 credits. It's not much but it's enough to postpone my graduation date a year (long story as to why.)

I haven't gotten any scholarships (but am applying for them left and right). 

I've realized that I'll have to do a semester over the summer here, which is going to cost my parents an extra 30. They're paying nearly 100,000 just for one year now. The reason I have to do a summer semester is that if I don't, I'll be here another year, which is even more expensive. 

I feel absolutely horrible that my parents have to spend this kind of money on myself and my brother, whether or not they planned for it. I'm starting to seek out work wherever I can find it just to bring in a few extra bucks. I figure if I do this long enough in enough places I'll bring in a few thousand dollars, which'll then get thrown my parent's way to help pay for school.

**Questions:**

-Those reading this who are done with college, did you go through a period like mine where you felt awful having your parents pay you through expensive school and tried to chip in, if so how did you handle it?

-Everyone always says during college you should just have fun and spend money without *too much* concern. With the exorbitant amount of debt I'm going to accumulate over the years, is it unreasonable for me to be acting now to start getting ahead of it, even if it's just a little?

-Anyone have any pointers on ways to scrape in some extra money, preferably in the long run?

**Note: I am looking for work in my field in hopes of securing a job after college. I'm talking about during college right now.

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<bot>: College is fucking expensive. I'm tired of my parents paying for it and at least want to help. I still feel like part of me should try to just enjoy college though. Any pointers?