Students can apply for RA (Resident Assistants) in college-usually in charge of a floor of freshmen and sophomores and receive free room and board. Students in the college that I teach at can work for 30 weeks in the library at $12.00 an hour for 20 hours a week. That is $7200-and goes a good way to pay college expenses.
There are ways. Too bad it takes a little effort to discover them. :-)