It is possible... if you have some buds that have a license.... maybe go up as much as possible with them (even though you won't be able to log it)... soak up what you can. Try to fly a min. of 10-15 hours per month towards logged training... if you're not - it may not be worth it. If you get with a good 61 school, an instructor that knows what they're doing and doesn't B.S. you.... you'll do it for a reasonable price.

If you can get a "dry rental" - sometimes this helps costs

low average around my area (FL) is around $70-75 dry/hr for a 172, $30 instructor, and around $25 for fuel/hr - so figure about $130/hr dual for 25hrs and $100/hr solo for about 25hrs

checkrides are a killer though... some of those DPEs have become REALLY greedy... some charge up to $500 for a checkride and if you're going for a CFI/II/MEI around $650-800.