I am an IB student in Seattle, Washington. I want to either get into the University of Washington or Seattle University. I am a junior still. Lets just say I apply for these two colleges as the two I would really love to attend. If I get accepted how can I pay? My family has very low income only my dad works. The family income is $1,600 a month. I have free lunch at school. If I apply for financial aid how much would they pay? Because Seattle university is a private college it is 28,000 a semester. And University of Washington is a public college it is 7,500 a semester. How much would financial aid pay for these universities? And with the remaining can I apply for scholarships? How do scholarships work because theres all these scholarships out there for 200-10,000. But thats not even enough for one year. So how does that work? Basically what can I do to pay off? And I want to major in Mechanical Engineer or Criminal Justice if that has anything to do with the tuition.