How to pick

I am stuck between 3 schools and I dont know what to do!!! Please HELP!!!

The first one is an in state school about 2 hours away and if I went there it would be extremely cheap. The downside is a few of my best friends are going there and I was hoping to branch out, they only have a club team for my sport, they dont have as much school spirt, and it is fairly close to home.

The second school is about 4 hours away. It is a D1 school and I could play my sport at a high level. The downside is it is an fairly expensive school and I would still have to pay for a decent size amount despite a scholarship for athletics. This school is a bigger school and does have school spirt though. It isn’t in a great city so that makes my parents nervous.

The third school is an SEC school in the south. I haven’t gotten a scholarship offer from them yet so im not sure how much it would cost. I love that it is 8 hours away and the school spirit. I wouldn’t play my sport there which is a downside. They do have a club team I could compete on though. My brother goes here though and I do love him and have gone to visit him a few times I just dont want people to think I am just following him and his footsteps again.

I am so conflicted please help me!

When you have the financial aid offer from the SEC school, run all the numbers through this calculator, and talk the results over with your parents. http://www.finaid.org/calculators/awardletteradvanced.phtml

Until you have that last aid offer, you really can’t decide because you don’t have all of the information that you need. Wishing you all the best!