@MYOS1634 thanks for all the resources and names of different schools that have merit aid! I’ll be sure to check it out. Dual enrollment does not exist in my county. Some places just don’t have it; it’s not universal! I could take classes at my cc or maybe even at Rutgers (for Rutgers I would probably have to participate in their summer session first to be eligible for school year classes) but I wouldn’t have transportation (Rutgers is 40 minutes away by bus but my CC is like two or three hours even though it’s a fifteen minute drive because the bus service is so indirect) and I would be paying full freight (which I might be able to just barely afford at CC but not at Rutgers). I might do career prep senior year because that’s free (12 CC credits). I am in the high school program at Princeton U, which is really cool because I can take one class (math) at Princeton for free :).