<p>If you only need a Stafford Loan, and what you would be making anyway from part-time and summer jobs, then you are good to go.</p>
<p>Do sit down and talk this over with your parents. They may want you at South Carolina because it is closer to home. Dartmouth may just seem too far away to them. If something like that is part of the issue, give them time to sort through it all before you make a final commitment.</p>