<p>How much will your parents be contributing towards your college? </p>
<p>(Have they given you an amount that they will be paying each year? If not, why not?)</p>
<p>Will they pay their entire EFC? More? less? </p>
<p>What is their income?</p>
<p>If they will be paying very little, or none, towards your college costs then their opinion doesn’t really matter that much (sorry, that’s my opinion, and I’m a mom). The fact is that you’ll be over 18, and if they won’t be contributing, then you can go wherever you want as long as you can get costs covered.</p>
<p>However, if they will be paying for your college costs, then you have to consider their opinions.</p>
<p>What are your stats? </p>
<p>Perhaps if some further away college would give you lots of merit money, they may change their minds… </p>
<p>we can give you better advice after you answer these questions… :)</p>
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You just need to ask them…what is their big issue? distance? money? what?
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<p>But…along with answering the above questions, you do need to sit them both down at the same time and ask for a straight-up answer if it’s distance, money, or what.</p>