Is NOBODY wrong in the post ? POST : 20M in an Asian country. I have always dreamt of studying in the University of Cambridge, and this year I got a place to study social and political sciences there. Problem is that my family's finances has taken a hit after my mother lost her job, so paying the &gt;150k USD (over 3 years) of international student fees would be a massive strain on them. It might even mean emptying their retirement fund and taking away resources from my 15F sister. 

I've promised my parents that I won't go to Cambridge if I can't get a full ride government scholarship - then I'd be stuck in a law school in my country at heavily subsidised rates. But the way scholarship interviews are going, the chances of me getting one seems really slim. As far as possible I don't want to put that burden on my family, but at the same time it'd be really fucking stupid for me to give up my dream school and future career prospects just for them. Am I above wrecking my family's finances for my own future? Should I be? I don't know. And I have no idea how I should handle things if the government really refuses to give me a scholarship (which is very competitive and prestigious). I think I would lose faith in the system completely and who knows what might happen from there.