Or get a job how novel… when I went had military pay for some and worked on the body farm since where I went had forensic lab and no one wanted to do the plant the bodies. Paid well few Hassel.
In summer went to work in related trade to profession I was training for, you need to plan for this long before time comes.
As a bonus we had none of the stupid things like gender studies needed to graduate. In my class zero women for all 6 years too heavy in math, bad smell and danger.
Planning and hard work.with a little luck gets you anywhere and opens doors you have no idea are there.
Showed niece and nephew the trick to get full ride scholarship both now are in school. They want with everything paid for even though thier college fund was enough yo pay for it. They are both smarter thane and are double majoring in good subjects.