@Vanilla008 - I think it is helpful to get talking points from all of us, so you can think about and weigh different factors as you and your parents discuss this further.
I had given a lot of thought to sending my D to a non-US school for the cost savings and to expand her world view. We all decided against it, though for a couple of reasons. 1- we felt she could get some of the positives associated with going to school abroad by either taking a gap year abroad or participating in a good study abroad program. 2- she might want to go to med school and there are issues with applying to US med schools from non-US colleges. 3- my D is a US national only, and we would want her to return to the US to work. We thought it would be more difficult for her to get US internships and apply for US jobs from a from abroad. I think this issue can be mitigated in a number of ways, including getting a 1 year masters from a US school afterwards. 4- we saw value in US colleges alumni and other networks. 5- we thought the US colleges offered more advising and that was very important to us. 6- we did not like how the foreign schools we were looking at made you start off in a particular major and focused you on that major. We wanted our D to have an opportunity to explore academically and find out what she would like. 7- we also highly valued all the extra-curricular activities available at the US colleges. We felt that was an additional way to explore potential career and life-long interests.
I saw mixed-messages about how you would feel about being so far away from your friends and family and whether you were emotionally ready to be far outside of your comfort zone. I think moving to a foreign country far away from home is a big deal. And I think it’s legitimate to say you aren’t ready for it yet, and would be better prepared for that exciting opportunity in a couple of years, after you’ve already experienced a lesser move and learned how to acclimate to change from that smaller move.