Not much time right now to elaborate because Divine will be at my house in 30 minutes, but let's just say that the college search ended in a really dumb way.
Tuition for Luther is 3x our house payment. So...yeah. Kind of out of the question as of now. I know there's loans and grants, etc. etc. but I'll have just enough between myself and my parents that way. And that's only freshman year. I'll have to pay for sophomore, junior and senior and work full time every summer I come home (Sara predicts at a good job that would make me about $2,000 a summer...which still isn't enough)
Max suggests I should sell my body for college money.
Luther is calling on Monday with a final offer and if not, Eau Claire, here I come.
I like both schools, I just wish it didn't come down to this.
I hate money. Anyone else hate money?
I want someone to talk to, to help me, but yet I feel like I need to do this on my own. This is a big decision and I need to make it (although it's practically being made for me). It's that safety blanket feeling again- without someone to make it "feel all better" it's kind of scary, but i've got to do it, right?
oy vey.
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Hey Lauren. I'm here if you need fresh ears to rant to. Sometimes that's what people really need. This is far from a desirable option but, have you thought about maybe transferring after your sophomore year to Luther. You could get some general requirements out of the way at a cheaper school and then transfer to Luther where you want to be. You'd get the same degree from Luther as you would have if you went there for all four years but it will be much less expensive. I don't know how much you would miss out on by not being there for the full four year because I am not familiar with that school but it might be another option to consider rather than completely giving up on your dreams. Practicality and your dreams can sometimes co-exist. As far as meeting friends after transferring, if it's a smaller school it shouldn't be too much of a problem because there are probably still a lot of upper classmen living on campus and if it's not it sounds like you'd be excited to get involved in groups. Well this is a long comment so I'll cut it off there. Feel free to shoot me off an email if you want to chat.
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