go to school. any degree gives you something to fall back on. this is not the REST of your LIFE. (it dosn’t have to be..) if you don’t go to school now, there is very little chance you will in the future. Just having the drive to get through college will help you get careers in your later life. Good luck.
seems like you are pretty smart. Live your life for you. It does not hurt to go ahead and got to college. Be a Liberal arts major that way you can take some classes that you will need for almost any major, you can also stick some classes on your schedule that interest you and may lead you to figure what you are really passionate about. Have you tried grants and scholarships for your choice school. Anyhow there are a lot of great schools that can help you get where you want to go.
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9 months, 1 week ago (7 minutes after post)
take some time off
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gap years can make all the difference
Degrees hardly ever determine your career for you. That’s what Masters Degrees are for. Study whatever interests you most and get a BA in some catch-all degree (like English or Maths) and then go from there. That’s what I’m doing at any rate.
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9 months, 1 week ago (10 minutes after post)
get da degree so u have sumting 2 fall back on. u can always change direction l8r on if dat’s wat u decide 2 do. jus curious, wat do u tink u wanna do?
I want to major in linguistics, but I can’t find a school with a good linguistics program that I can afford to go to.
get your associates and then transfer for your BA. you don’t have to choose between them. you’re already ahead. a liberal arts or english major is a wise choice because they cover a broad spectrum so if you decide on another major while you’re still attending you can use a lot of the same courses. you can change focus when you work on your MA. you may be able to get scholarships but if you take time off you may not find your way back.
Ole Miss is GREAT!! not that I am biased cause I am an alumni or anything.
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I guess the thing I’m most torn over is whether or not to get my associates and take a year or two off to try and save up money to go to the school of my choice, or to go to a school I really never wanted to go to in the first place and get my bachelors out of the way. With the first choice, I could either be on my own like I am now, or I could live with my mom. If I go with the second choice, not only would I most likely have to live with my mom, but she would try to make me stick around for as long as possible. Which would be worse, since I only just left two months ago.
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i would stay on your own until things become too tight, like money. i think that, in the end you should do what makes you happy because, if you don’t you’ll spend your life thinking “what if…?” no matter what I think your mom will support you, sounds to me like she loves you, a lot. Don’t ever take that for granted, but it’s your life. Remember that.
I would probably already be accepted to a number of schools, but my mom made me move around this past year. As a consequence my high school counselors pretty much screwed me over when it came to college information. And I’ve just moved back to Georgia on my own to graduate at my original high school, but now I’m trying to sort out the college thing on my own. It seems like no one here really knows what to tell me because I’m in such a unique situation.
Being unique is a good thing…….have you looked for scholarships in your interest area?
make an appointment with a councelor at the school where you want to attend.
I’ve tried but things aren’t looking to great. I’ve applied to many scholarships throughout high school, and I never heard back from any of them, which was really discouraging.
Well, the school is in Japan. So the best I could do was talk to a guy on the phone. He said I would easily be accepted, but I’d have to show that I have access to about $30,000 to get my student visa, and that isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
Have you looked at getting loans?
find a local school with a swapping program and talk to the advisor from that dept. the transfer centers have heaps of catalogues you can use.
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Have you looked at getting loans?
Yeah, but I need a parent to cosign for a lot of them…
would your mom be willing to do that?
you only need a cosigner if you are your mom’s financial dependent. not sure about the details on that stuff- you may even want to give a tax consultant a call…?
Yeah, but she is the master at guilt tripping. I’ve been through hell with her over the past five years, and I’m not exactly eager to have her hold that over me for the next two or three years.
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you only need a cosigner if you are your mom’s financial dependent. not sure about the details on that stuff- you may even want to give a tax consultant a call…?
I will definitely have to check on this…
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