because being in university and earning 100$ is something not enough for your expenses .
but again congratulations to your investment as for 5 years now? just this year that you finally seeing your investment fruiting and bringing joy to you.
I don't know where he was living right now but here in our country tuitions are free so you'll need to pay only the miscellaneous fee which if he is earning $100 dollars per month he can pay but the problem is that how is he living right now, I am sure he is renting then he is buying foods and now is that the recession hit us so everything is expensive I am hoping that he can still keep up. I can define being independent as that you are really living on your own, without any assistance (financially) from your parents and if you don't work you can't eat anything at all.