<p>I have already been accepted to Texas Tech. Though it certainly is not the most prestigious engineering school in the state of Texas, it does have a pretty good reputation as far as petroleum engineering goes. This upcoming Fall they will be opening their new petroleum engineering building (cost: $35mil and designed to adhere to the oil industries new standards, etc....) </p>
<p>As far as I know, it's a great opportunity. However, I do not have the money. Family income below $25k for sure and my income was like $7.5k. Already filed FAFSA, just need to submit corrections in a few weeks when I can retrieve my stuff with the retrieval tool. </p>
<p><strong>Despite being accepted last week, I had completely disregarded the idea of attending a university my first two years, but attending a community college rather. I thought it would be great to avoid debt, but then again engineering majors pay the highest, so if I successfully complete my Bachelors, debt should hopefully not be a huge problem.</strong></p>
<p>What do you guys think? I have not applied for scholarships.... Went from top 22% to top 15% this first semester of senior year, so despite my rank improvement, it's not great. ACT, totally flopped when I needed to p*ss during the entire math section...</p>
<p><strong>Enough rambling. I also plan on taking 2 classes during the summer at community college, as well as doing the same next year.. Of course, that is if I do decide to go.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So what kind of loans do I take out. Failure is far from an option for me. Is it likely that I will run out of loans to take during college, despite maintaining good grades?</strong></p>
<p>My friends say to go to university.. Community college is a waste of time and I will never transfer, etc... What is your guys input?</p>
<p>Target university: Texas Tech
Target transfer universities (that means community college 1st): UT, Texas Tech, A&M (in that order)</p>