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college help?
I'm 16 (a junior), and I have sort of an odd problem. I think I've found my dream college and I'm almost certain I'd be accepted there, but as I live in michigan currently, and CalArts is in California, my mom doesn't want me to go. She thinks I'd be too far away. The problem there is that that's one of the reasons I want to go there. Well, another problem is the high tuition. My dad lost his job when the economy got bad and my mom doesn't work. They really don't want to pay for it. I could get scholarships, but I'm not sure if that would be enough. I have written books and want to publish them, but I'm not sure if I could make enough money through that either. Also, my mother seems to think that the only reason I want to go to this college is because my boyfriend's planning to go to a college in California. This is not the reason at all. In short, I'm very, lost. Should I try to get into a college I'm not sure I'd be able to pay for and that my mom doesn't approve of?
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eh... I'm tempted to say no. But here's why. I went to a small school. I qualified for quite a few scholarships so it was mostly paid for, and it was cheap to start with anyway. So when I got out I had no student loans. This may not sound like a big deal to you now, but trust me... I had friends who owed $25,000 or more after college and that's a TON of money when you only make $25,000 a <i>year</i>, which is pretty normal for a new grad in some fields.
My advice: try a cheap, close to home college for the first couple years... by close to home I mean you can visit your folks without having to buy a plane ticket, not "yay mom is dropping by for dinner AGAIN". If you're miserable, apply to the california school.
Also, keep in mind that depending on what you want to do, where you get your graduate degree makes a much bigger difference than where you get your undergrad. No point in blowing whatever budget you don't have now.
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