Mage
It is my experience that if you desire something intensely enough you will attract it. But if is money or something tangible, it is likely to come with an unexpected price of some sort.
An example: Years ago I need a few thousand dollars to pay pressing bills. And I focused intensely on this, asking my superconsciousness/ subconsciousness/ unnamed-higher-powers to attract the money for me. Quickly,too.
At time I was head editor of group of newsletters. The company was highly profitable, but the owner had sold it to free himself for other interests. One weekend I was working in my office, on an upcoming article. I had just taken a break from writing, to power-meditate on attracting the money.
Had finished and was back at the keyboard when, moments late, the president of the company that had acquired the newsletter group walked in. He said he was glad I was there; he had wanted to talk to me. And explained that, as I knew, he planned to integrate our newsletters into his other newsletter company. And that my position had been eliminated.
With that he handed me a final check, for pay owed me to-date, plus a month's termination pay. Thanked me, and asked me to have my personal stuff out of the office within two days. The check was for a bit more than I was asking for.
The timing has always seemed proof that higher powers occasionally do pay attention to our urgent appeals. But also suggests that there is an ethereal bureaucracy. Where an overworked supervisor occasionly hands a stack of persistent requests to an assistant, with orders to "Give these people what they want. I don't care how you arrange it, just get it done. I want my in-basket cleared today. Right now!"
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Relative to money for college... my suggestion is to focus on getting a college education, not on the money aspect. And to broaden the framework within which you look for an answer. Your statement that you have applied to a school already, and that costs $30,000, suggests you have chosen THE PATH you want to use to reach your goal. And that alone, I think, will make it more difficult.
Without knowing your age, gender, current educational level, even where you live, I can only make some suggestions... most of which will probably be outside the box you are now in. Do you desire just a degree, or want more education in a particular field? Since you did not mention a special interest, could be that your academic interests are open-ended.
I will make some assumptions, that you are of general age when people seek college - in late teens into mid-20s. That your current life situation is not satisfactory. And that you live in US, based on English usage, etc.
If so, here are suggestions, in no particular order. Join your state's National Guard (not a federal reserve unit). All states offer free or much lower tuition to members of Army or Air National Guard units, at community colleges and state universities.
Check out US Dept of Transportation's Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island, NY. Is 4-year engineering, nautical, business, international trade school. Tuition, room, board, books, clothing, etc.are all free, govenment-provided. Incidentals and extras, such as portable computer, athletic fees, etc., can be paid for with a student loan. Easiest acceptance of all federal academies - is almost a secret. Course load very heavy- not for idiots. Half of 2d and 3rd years are spent at sea; students visit more than 15 countries before graduate. Prepares for civilian career, with only a reserve naval obligation. See: www.usmma.edu. <http://www.usmma.edu.>
Or consider college offshore, in nation where state schools are cheap. In Netherlands, for example, university tuition is about $1500 a year. (Last time I checked was priced in Dutch guilders. Tuition is in Euros but should be close to that. Dutch let foreign students pay same cost as local students. (Did not recheck cost before posting this..) Need to learn Dutch, but is easy. Research on i-net... There are all sorts of schools for art to science careers, and all the same price. Living costs estimated about $7000 a year.
Check out ideas above. If you are resistant to idea, to presumed personal price, of State Guard, or Merchant Marine Academy, might be a "Stop Sign" ... indication of stuck state ... and worth applying Natural Brilliance technics to explore.
But general suggestion is to climb out of your box, and look around for another path to an education. Good luck...
Hurleyboy
[This message has been edited by Hurleyboy (edited June 07, 2003).]