Take 5M out of Your Day to Read This and Help Me :(

Applying to College
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<p>I am a senior from New York and I am around an average student. I have a GPA of 79 but currently working hard this quarter bc colleges will be looking at my first quarter grades, I currently have a 92 GPA for first quarter. </p>

<p>SOOO.. I really want to go to Montclair State University in NJ is a very nice school, beautiful campus, 10 minutes away from NYC (I love NYC) and they have what I want (Video & Film Recording) I love video cameras, I have a youtube channel in which i post daily. They have a pool and fitness center in which I can swim ( LOVE swimming laps) and workout in my free time.</p>

<p>However bc my sister went to an expensive school (Fordham - 50k) and my brother (NYIT - 40k) I unfortunately got the short end of the stick. My brother and sister also received scholarships, and I wont be getting any because I am no were at their intelligence level. </p>

<p>So i really want to go to Montclair but my parents want me to go to Farmingdale College (which i am not really interested in), its in New York and I live 10 minutes away from it. And yes it is cheap (11k a year) While Montclair with dorm is (34k a year, but my grandparents chip in 10k, so 24k a year) </p>

<p>I want to get the FULL college experience, I want dorm and HAVE fun but at the same time focus on school. I dont want to go to some dirty school.. </p>

<p>My parents suggested two years at F-dale then transfer to Montclair for the last two but I just wanna go for four full years. </p>

<p>What do you guys think? </p>

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<p>Do you want us to talk to your parents and convince them to let you go to Montclair? smh</p>

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<p>for to add in, my parents also think i am not “responsible” to dorm… </p>

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<p>Maybe apply to both now and show them over the next 6 months that you are responsible and deserve this opportunity. For them to spend that much money to send a child who is not responsible at home, and has a history of a 79 GPA compared to two siblings who it sounds like worked very hard, I am guessing your parents want you to show them first that you deserve the college opportunity… that you can live away at college and work hard and not waste their money, instead of going and spending more time on the social side than the academic side. Unless you can figure out how to come up with more money on your own…</p>