<p>I apologize for calling FAU "dreadful", can we please see beyond that? =] Regardless, I wish to attend a different school, I'm paying way, why should I have to go to the local school?</p>
<p>fabi0lita, I have considered several times going to UM, but the fact is I wish to be independent, I plan on playing my way through entirely, besides my parents refuse to let me live on any university campus, they want me to live at home.</p>
<p>Also, my father did have a full college experience (in fact, thats probably WHY hes so against me leaving). He left Honduras to go study in Canada on his own at the age of 18. He still raves about what amazing years they were, but somehow can't see eye-to-eye with me on going away to college.</p>
<p>Also, I think part of the problem is my desire to study film (actually I wish to double major in film and economics), <em>he</em> wishes me to study business. Again, another conflict.</p>
<p>My dad left Venezuela when he was 18 to go to UF & have the whole college experience. He said it was the best time of his life & spent more time getting laid than studying. This might be a reason, he's looking out for you.
Your dad saw how college was and wants to keep you away from the bad stuff. That's why my dad wants to keep me controlled by me going to a nearby college.
This is what hispanic kids have to go through...sucks. & it IS a cultural thing. They are naturally more protective over us.</p>
<p>Sure. We can absolutely move past it.</p>
<p>If you're paying your way, you should definitely go where you want. Perhaps in your sophomore/junior year your dad will be more lenient.</p>
<p>jakeconmag -- you also have to consider the mandatory health insurance required at FSU (and soon to be required at other SUS schools) as an additional cost if not covered by the parent's insurance. </p>
<p>The FSU undergrad-to-law program is definitely a plus. Within the next five years FAU is going to be offering a 6 year B.S./M.D. program here.</p>
<p>That preferential tuition bill, on the other hand, is pretty ludicrous for a lot of reasons. I feel sorry for all the students who have to bear that burden. At the same time, it will bring in a lot of new talented students to great schools like UCF or FAU, thus enhancing their student body profile as well. I think that's why the Presidents of non-UF/FSU/USF colleges agreed to it, in the hopes of attracting the other students dissuaded by the higher cost.</p>
<p>That being said, the bill really should have been across the board with all eleven Florida schools reaping the benefit. I guess UF, with an enormous alumni base that are inclined to make generous contributions because of their athletic success, feels they could use more money than schools like FGCU, who are just getting started and don't get many (if any) alumni contributions to support the school. I guess schools like FGCU just have to "deal with it."</p>
<p>Ah, Tallchild. Your father doesn't you want to be at the mercy of college guys who are like he was. :)</p>
<p>Overprotective fathers have a really tough time letting their daughters go -- and this holds true for even those who see the benefits of a residential college experience. While it is partly cultural, it's also simply a father trying to protect his daughter from the world. (Mothers can be overprotective, too, but for different reasons.)</p>
<p>Tallchild,</p>
<p>Is there a church near FSU which you could join? Your father may be more at ease if he know that you have some religious bond over there.</p>
<p>My dads not very religious, so it won't really comfort him any, but yeah I plan on joining a nearby church</p>
<p>Found this thread interesting - sent 16 yr old son to that den of radicalism, our state flagship campus, last fall, would have sent a D. We, he and I, can't wait for him to turn 18 to end the required signatures, otherwise we had zero input, privacy laws exist for those underage. I was from a suburb of that town and made sure I lived on campus instead of commuting. My recommendation is for every student to live their first college semester away from home, in the dorms; you can never replace the experience. Don't join a church unless you really get into the religion and agree with its version of the mythology, there are many other ways of getting your social/emotional needs met in a good way. Your job is to get your father to visit the campus in question and have him find out reasons you would do better there than locally- do your homework in advance. Work on getting him to at least see the school and plan a visit to capture the good parts in his eyes. You have to sell him on the idea that the campus of your choice is the place he wants you to be.</p>
<p>Agreed with wis75 on the church issue -- there are on-campus organizations that hold mass and religious ceremonies and the upside to doing it there is that everyone involved is a college student. </p>
<p>Since a lot of people go through a crisis of faith when they attend college, it's nice to have people around you who are going through some of the same transitions that you are.</p>