Art School, self-eduating, and loans

I want to share my opinion and experiences with art college, coming from someone who is self-taught. I got into both of my schools of choice only a year ago but I couldn’t come up with the money to attend. I would consider myself lower class, both my parents live paycheck to paycheck and the household I live in depends on food stamps, etc. just to give an idea of my financial situation, there’s no “money in the banana stand.”