My top choice knew that I had to withdraw because of my health problems and I was never full enrolled.
Unfortunately my health won’t get any better. Luckily, it is no longer progressive (fingers crossed) but it won’t get any better.
I would absolutely love to study abroad later on, but it would definitely be determined by how well I was doing.
My parents still pay for my insurance, but I have a rare illness so we have to go out of state for a lot of care and our insurance doesn’t pay for those visits/treatments.
When it comes to the flagship both health and costs are a prohibiting factor. We may have months were it would be doable and other months were we just can’t afford it, meaning we’d have to take out loans. I’m also really worried that if I had to drop out we’d loose most of our money. And then there is the physical rigor of attending a university that large (campus is 1500 acres).
Why could I not get a masters degree for history/archaeology? Someone in my family got a master before their PhD and most institutions offer masters in those fields. (It was a few years ago tho)
I’m going to contact the undergrad research facility at the flagship and get some more information. I definitely want to be competitive for grad school and it’s the only research college in my state.
The small college does have an honors program. It’s really easy to get into (they want students to have a minimum 25 ACT to be accepted) It doesn’t offer much. The main thing it boats are educational trips and dances.
Sorry this is such a frustrating situation. I absolutely love school and it’s really hard for me to even have to be thinking about it in terms of my health.