<p>I'm a junior in high school and my parents don't support me in the huge decision making process that i am beginning as I start to look at colleges. They don't even want to come to "College Night" with me, they don't even want me to go! They definitely want me to go to college, but they want me to go to a community college so that I can still live at home, but I am NOT doing that. I think I need to get away and maybe this sounds snobby, but I feel like I didn't work so hard all through high school to go to a school that accepts everyone. Is that so wrong to think? Community colleges are great for a lot of people, but I am want to go to the the best college for me, and I don't think that a community college is right for me. But my mom refuses to be involved with this, she just keeps saying, "I don't want to lose my baby"......I don't want to be "lost", but I need to move on and go to the college that is right for me! And she says that it's smarter to go to a community college for 2 years and then transer because it saves a lot of money, and she says, "don't expect us to pay all of that"....I am hoping for some sort of scholarship and I am willing to take out student loans, I want my parents help financially, but even more I need their support in this decision making. Most people's parents want them to go to the best college they can, but mine just want me to stay close......they have always supported me in everything, they are great parents, but we are just NOT on the same page on this one, or maybe not even in the same book!!!! I don't know what to do, ultimately this is MY decision and I told my mom that, but it is going to be hard enough to go off to college, it would be worse doing it without the support of my parents!!! Has anybody had a similar situation in their lives? Any advice is appreciated! : )</p>
<p>LOL!
My mother is similar! I worked so hard through my high school (and all of my academic) career, and she just wants me to go to my local state/city college, or another close college. And she also says "I dont want to lose my baby", most of the time she doesnt know what she's saying though... Also, she wont pay for a school over 4,000 a semester so I'm really banking on a scholarship(s) and jobs.</p>
<p>Prep for the PSAT. Obtain NMF or even NMSF status, and your chances at merit $ are good.</p>
<p>The thread about merit aid in the Parents' Forum is also a good starting point.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52133%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52133</a></p>