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Remember this mom's and dad's: almost every stripper will tell you that she is a college student.
My friends and I all went to our first strip club together when we were eighteen. Every single stripper we talked to went to some college in our area. With that in mind, I went home slightly disheartened. My parents were far too in debt to pay for me to go to school, yet they made to much money for me to qualify for financial aide. I decided to research this. I found out that if I was over twenty-three I wouldn't have to claim my parents income. So, I waited.
The year I turned twenty-three they changed it to twenty-four.
I waited.
I'm 26 and well on my way to my bachelors. I have yet to have to take out a loan; my grants have been able to cover all expenses.
In my case, waiting was the best way to finance college. I'm 26 and working on my bachelors...but I don't have to strip my way through school either.

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