TheBeedo11

So my boyfriend and I are starting at the same school this upcoming fall. Staying in on-campus housing is just not an option for us. We're looking at apartments but rent is about $650-900 for a small, 1 bedroom apartment (keep in mind that could or couldn't include utilities and such). Obviously we won't be able to get better jobs than minimum wage (or $10/hour if we're lucky). Even with our paychecks combined, it's barely livable. How can we do this? Would it be smart to take out student loans to pay for rent? Keep in mind that: We don't have help from parents We're going to a two-year technical school with about $50,000 for tuition- each There are other expenses such as food and insurance Both our families are kind of poor so we should get a good bit in federal loans (my estimate is about $17,000 in student loans, I believe)