<p>barr27, if you were my daughter, I’d accept the gap year idea since it sounds like you don’t want to attend OSU and could get full scholarships elsewhere, I would ask you to try to get a deferral from OSU in the meantime while we research the modeling career, I would hire a lawyer to review the contract before you signed it (especially making sure you could walk away at any time without penalty), and I would travel with you to NY to see the living arrangements and have you talk to the other girls who have signed on and have been with the agency for a while to get the ‘inside scoop.’ I would also be searching for info on this agency from every source I could find to make sure they live up to their promises. Then I would look for family and friends who live nearby so you have a support system locally because if anything goes wrong, I won’t be there to help - and unlike college, you will have no local infrastructure looking out for you. </p>
<p>Without this kind of ‘due diligence,’ I’d be very uncomfortable sending my 18 year old off to do modeling. Unlike your parents, I would not threaten to cut you off - because if this is a terrible mistake, I want you to be able to call me and come home.</p>