<p>It would be very different if you parents were able to pay for either school without hardship. It looks like you would never get loans for the art school anyway, even if you somehow got cosigned loans for the first year, what happens when you can’t get them for the 2nd year and have to drop out, then your loan payments kick in? This is a very real consideration that happens to students who don’t think things through. Now read this public service thread from one such student
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