^^I agree. I always have an issue with people on CC advising students to lie to parents, to get counseling/not get it, to make major life decisions based on advise from strangers.
I agree with Kelsmom except that the student, because she is from Florida, might get a good deal of money if poor and independent - Pell, SEOG, state grants, bright futures, Stafford loans, work study - may be enough to pay for state tuition/R&B that comes in under $20k full price. Some of the schools give merit too. Florida is not a bad state to have to cover COA.
Also, my daughter had some counseling in Florida and the counselor met with me first to say that she would not/could not share anything with me that they talked about in a session. My daughter was 16 I think, so I don’t know the cut off in Florida.