- First you must find out if “safety” is the real reason. Sometimes it is because the school is more expensive (but not in your case), farther away, ???
- If it is safety, try to get accurate info on both colleges.
- Sometimes the “I won’t pay for it” is a bluff. Sometimes it is not. So you might have to go to a different college to get them to pay for it. Or you might bluff back and say "Well, I have now found that UGA does not have the underwater basketweaving program I want, so I guess I won’t go to college this year. "
- Show your parents you take their concerns seriously…do get the book “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin DeBecker from your library and read it. Read and show your parents the safety options that GT has (http://studentlife.gatech.edu/content/campus-safety).