College tuition is a joke and I'm absolutely screwed

Hey, sorry, I know this is gonna be a bs rant, but I'm honestly just freaking out, so don't mind me I just need somewhere to vent without all my friends and family seeing it.

Anyway, I didn't get shit from FAFSA last year or this year, and I already drained my whole college fund on last year's tuition. I've applied to countless scholarships just to not even get a "hey, sorry we're not giving it to you so fuck you!" little email telling me I didn't get it, and my only option is to ruin my life with criminal ass loans with high ass rates. My family isn't poor enough-- but too poor to pay for me to get through college (I paid half my first year's tuition using money I earned, and I'm on my own from here!), I'm too white, not gay enough, and not smart enough, and I didn't have a bad enough upbringing to get any fucking help because this system is RIGGED AS FUCK. I have dreams too!!! What about my dreams??? 

Why are we set up for failure as soon as we turn 18? If your family doesn't have any money when you graduate high school, you're gonna fall right on your face. The hiring market is so dogshit right now; I don't know how anyone manages to survive when they don't have even what little support I have from my family. I feel like college is my only option to achieve my dreams, but they've hiked up the cost of education so much that it makes it really hard to class jump. Why is it set up so that mostly rich people can get into college? Higher education should be easier for the working class, shouldn't it? How the hell is a society supposed to grow if the working class is kept dumb and poor, with the rich stepping on our backs to get higher and higher? Shouldn't a modern society strive for the education of its citizens so that innovation reaches its peak?

I feel so hopeless. Is this all even worth it?


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