<p>I’m not exactly sure why I’m going to visit Mizzou next week.</p>
<p>Yeah, MSSU doesn’t offer any Arabic classes. I called and the professor who used to teach them left. </p>
<p>However, my mom and I decided that I will attend MSSU for a year and then I will transfer to Mizzou, unless our meeting with the FA officer goes well. She will pay for MSSU and the money that I earn during the summer and school year will go to help pay for Mizzou next year. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help, everyone!</p>
<p>Mizzou’s finance program has a wider range of courses offered and its business school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. MSSU’s isn’t. </p>
<p>So, hopefully I can transfer to Mizzou and maybe get my Master’s degree there as well. :)</p>
<p>I like the happy face. Well done! Good luck.</p>
<p>That sounds like a very good compromise.</p>
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<p>Part of her reasoning is if I attend MSSU, I will not be in any debt. If I attend Mizzou, I will be $22,000 in debt. <<<</p>
<p>Can you give us more info.</p>
<p>How much is the Mizzou scholarship (the problem is that you won’t be given that later if you transfer at a later date.)</p>
<p>How much can you REASONABLE earn/save over the summer?</p>
<p>I know that you’ve been fighting with your mom about schools for a long time. I remember when you wanted to go to college in Calif and your mom was against that.</p>
<p>If you went to MSSU, who would pay for THAT tuition? I realize the cost is low, but there still is a cost (plus fees, books, transportation). Who is paying for that? I suspect that in the end you’d have to take out loans for that as well, so I kind of doubt that your mom is completely against loans. </p>
<p>Is your mom saying that SHE won’t take out loans (understandable) or is she saying that YOU’RE not allowed to take out Stafford direct student loans?</p>
<p>The problem may be that you may have too big of a gap to go to Mizzou. Obviously your mom isn’t going to contribute for Mizzou. </p>
<p>If you went to Mizzou, would that mean that your mom would refuse to do FAFSA for future years? If so, could your dad become your “custodial parent” and then his info would be used for FAFSA?</p>
<p>Maybe a compromise of going to MSSU and living on campus vs going to Mizzou?</p>
<p>I’m gonna give it to you straight: your parents don’t have to pay penny one. But they cannot force you to attend any college or do much of anything once you are 18 and finished with high school. You are legally an adult and you can make your own arrangements as to where to live which include with willing friends, relatives, homeless shelters and anyplace else. You don’t have to go to college right a way, and it might be a good thing to find a job and become more independent. Then your college choice will be totally from the fruits ( the all important money) of your own labor While you are still expecting others to pay for you for anything, they have to agree to what they are buying at least to the extent of signing that check.</p>
<p>It’s like being offered a car you don’t like. You can decline it and get your own.</p>
<p>cpt, well said.</p>
<p>The title kinda says it all to me.
No one can FORCE you to attend a college if you don’t want to attend.</p>
<p>Accept the help offered with strings or decline and fly on your own.</p>
<p>Someone else may have mentioned this, I didn’t see if they did. Keep in mind the scholarship you were offered from Mizzou will not necessarily be there if you go somewhere else your first year and transfer your second year. Most scholarships/recruitment bonuses are for first-time freshman students. I’m not saying your compromise with your mother isn’t a good one, I’m glad you worked something out. Just be aware anything being offered by Mizzou now may not be/most likely will not be on the table as a transfer student.</p>
<p>She and her folks came to a compromise and every one (most importantly OP) is happy. Let’s let this thread die a natural death.</p>
<p>^^^ Seconding what Blueiguana says. I’d be more in favor of taking a gap year and working while saving money, then doing all 4 years at Mizzou based upon what I’ve been reading - unless, of course, something can be worked out at your visit.</p>
<p>You will be working for 40 years.</p>
<p>That is not that much debt to take on.</p>
<p>Barely the price of a decent car.</p>
<p>Straightshooter, I’m aware the OP met an agreement with their parents and that is indeed a good thing. My point, that the OP may not be aware of, is if they are counting on the scholarship at Mizzou years 2-4 after the transfer there’s a good chance it won’t be there. That’s information I think worth passing on. The OP and their family can research this and make a decision with all data available.</p>