Seems to me that having parents who can pay for college doesn't preclude a choice to go to college.Cranberry wrote: This is good advice. Teenagers who have their wealthy mommies and daddies paying for their college and who don't have to work to support themselves tend to do worse in life overall, from my experience, even if they graduate with a degree because that's all they've ever known, is being a middle-class or wealthy healthy white person (usually white person, but not always). It's people like me and Walden, who choose for ourselves to go to college, and who struggle with all the "how"s and "when"s and "what if"s, and who know on our own terms, through our own efforts (not the efforts of parents), the value of an education, who do better in college and life in general. At least, I believe so.
Walden, good luck. Sounds like a terrific adventure that you're embarking on. It'll be great.