It sounds like these girls really just want to go to community college, which is fine. One of my 18 year olds who’s been working part time since 14 de used not run track this season to work more to make even more money for college (she broke a school record 2 seasons ago, last season didn’t happen, so it was a hard choice). She works almost every day after school, nights on the weekends at another job, has a tutoring and babysitting gig. She also applied to 20 colleges, extra essays for honors, and applied to about 30 local essays (got $6000 in total so far from 2). Her twin applied to 6 colleges, no honors essays, applied for zero essays because he didn’t want to do the work. He works sporadically as a soccer ref when he bothers to sign up for games (gets $40 an hour). It’s possible to work and get other things done, but it’s hard and not everyone wants to do it. My other children are more like my daughter, but I think it’s nature vs. nurture. I think it’s great that the OP wants nothing but the best opportunities for her siblings, but it’s really up to them.