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>>18101909
If you're poor, then start at a community college, and transfer to a state school.

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>>18101909
You're main problem is figuring out a way to pay for college. You can accomplish this in a few ways. Taking out a loan is what most people do, but it's a lot of debt to take on, and probably not the most ideal path for you. You could join the military, which would give you free college plus additional income. You'd only have to actually work in the military for 2 years, but you would have money saved up and no debt, which would put you ahead of your peers. You could also apply for a lot of vocational scholarships and try to get into a technical college. Not many people choose to go to vocational schools these days, so they give out a lot of scholarships to people interested in attending them. You might even be able to find a full paid scholarship in the form of an apprenticeship or something.

Also, I'd only choose to get into engineering if you're confident in your physics, math, and science skills and your ability to study. College math and chemistry is a lot tougher than high school. If you got bad grades in high school you won't do well in engineering.