Excess Student Debt

Telling you what I will do to deal with excess student debt is boring. The other essays probably say enough of that. Obviously, I'm going to apply for scholarships, like this one and like ones my college of choice offer. Internships or other work will offer practical experience in addition to any wage. Naturally, I'll save money by renting textbooks, living with my parents, biking or walking to school, attend a cost-efficient college, and hey, maybe use LendEDU. You can guess that much.
Instead, I want to tell you what I will NOT do, and this has little to do with the subject, but please humor me. First, context. My parents divorced a few years ago. My father has a relatively high wage, while my mother has a relatively low wage - about $40,000.

If I apply for financial aid, my mother's wage appears. My father's wage does not, and I will receive a large sum because of that. If I apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, I can take some of its funding. I'm eligible for AZ Earn to Learn, worth $4,000 - secure money if I just apply and take a three hour class online. The "financial aid" would only increase if I mentioned that my family has five children including myself.
I'm not going to apply for those. Maybe it's because I'm an idealist and don't know the real value of money. Maybe I'm naive. However, it's a matter of morals. Morals are something that exist on a higher plane. They cannot be bent by adversity, or they are not morals. If I saw someone in my situation who took that money, I would recognize them as immoral.
The reason it is immoral is that the numbers representing my family are inaccurate. My family is not poor. We live in a nice neighborhood near a good school in a sizable home. We don't have problems with living. Despite splitting from us and leading his own life, my father is still legally obligated to continue sending some money and to send money for college. To take financial aid that the government views as aid meant for a poor family is to mock the genuinely suffering who actually need that aid and to betray the social contract I sign under the U.S. government. In history and government class, we discussed communism – “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”. Theoretically, this utopian society. Practically, the lazy would consume resources while not working to their fullest, and scum would deceive the government into giving them more than is rightfully theirs. I am not scum.
I will not slip past debt with some shady means. No, I will use MY ability and earn what scholarships I can. I will apply for all of them, write essays with my heart, and prove myself. I'll live with a lower standard than I'm used to, pinch pennies, and do my research. I do not plan to avoid debt; I plan to face it.