<p>First of all: I love my school. But I'm commuting, and it's really stressing me out. I think I might possibly want to live on campus next semester, but my family is really clingy. Like, really clingy. They say things like, "I just don't think I'm ready for you to move out" and "I'm so glad you're not living in a dorm".</p>
<p>School rules say I have to live either on campus or with my parents for 2 years. I know I'm only 2 weeks into my first year, but I can't see myself doing this for the next two years.</p>
<p>Don’t drop out of school, as you’ll only be shooting yourself in the foot - the problem with your parents won’t go away.</p>
<p>Try to spend as much time as you can at school to help establish a distance between you and your parents in as respectful a way as you can. That way they can slowly get used to you not being around, and realize that you aren’t in any danger there. Hang out in the commuter’s lounge or other areas during the day, join clubs, make friends with people who live in the dorms and stay there on weekends if the friends will let you. Perhaps in that way you can break away and live in the dorms next year, if not next semester. </p>
<p>Are your parents holding finances against you or something to prevent you from moving into the dorms? How will you pay for room and board if they don’t support you?</p>
<p>My parents aren’t paying for my school, my aunt and my scholarship are. Basically it was just assumed that if I went somewhere close enough, I would commute. But I’m unhappy with it right now.</p>
<p>But I don’t know if I’ll be able to move out, since my mom might start working and I might need to help out with my younger brother. :/</p>