Also, you need not be attending a 4 year college to apply for economic hardship. You could be attending a community college and you'd still be able to get a working permit! Better be safe than sorry fellows. Work permits will guarantee a lucrative job in places such as Ocean City, and by those, I'm not talking about the ghisa pita jobs of Crab Boys and McDonald's burger flpper, something that I did in my first summer. Good luck.