I pay for college the same way many of the people in our situation pay, hard cash. I had money saved up and I also continued to find work while in school. Luckily for me, my dear mother is able to give me 1k every term. It ain't easy but I know for sure the generation after mine will be well educated! My generation is the first to go to college in our family and it is tough, but then I think of the future my kids will have one day and it pushes me hard so hard haha rihanna.