I'm 17 years old and I'm turning 18 the week before I move into college. As of right now, I'm going to college in the same state as my parents but I will be a few hours away.
Part of the discussions we've had is finances. Right now I have the Florida Prepaid Plan for my tuition and I am waiting for my Bright Futures application to be accepted. I'm confident in my application being accepted because I had a 7.2 GPA along with a 1560 on my SAT along with meeting all of their deadlines.
My housing at university will cost $12,000 for the first year. My parents have claimed they want to cover it but I am feeling like they are using that to control me in college. By being controlling, they've claimed they will want me to send them my location whenever I am in class and when I am not in class I will have to give them a reasonable explanation as to why I am not in class. They have also threatened to turn off my phone in college if I don't send them my location whenever requested. They also plan on imposing a curfew and enforcing it with me sending my location.
My problem is I want to begin to cut them off and become independent so I don't have their rules when I am in college. I plan on getting a job when I move to support myself financially so I can afford my own phone plan, gas, and food. I just need a little guidance on where to start in terms of becoming independent from my parents.
Submitted June 23, 2017 at 12:57PM by collegetraaaash http://ift.tt/2t3Qoen
