My parents will require me to leave home as soon as I graduate from high school. Included with this is the requirement for me to support myself entirely. However, I would like to go to the state university. Some relevant details:
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The state school would cost me ~20k a year after the merit-based scholarship I will receive from the school itself and financial aid. This price includes housing, tuition, books, and food. I would need to find somewhere to live during summer, though.
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It will only take me 6 semesters to achieve my degree because I have taken prerequisite college courses online.
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As of right now, I am about to finish my Junior year and have a part-time job where I average about 20 hours a week, however, there are no extra hours available.
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Senior year I will be getting out of school early (about noon), so I could get a second job and work full time.
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The way my state/university is laid out I will more or less need to buy a car, so I intend to buy a used car at the end of summer (I have about 2,000 saved right now).
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My grades (top 5% of class) and test scores are good (99.5 percentile) however I am not eligible for need-based scholarships.
Which leads to my questions:
What actions should I be taking now in order to prepare for what's to come?
Is it possible for a teenager to get a job paying more than minimum wage, if so how and where?
What can I do to lessen the costs of college (I've taken all 100 & 200 level courses at community college already so it is not possible for me to go to community college first)?
What are some costs I should be prepared for?
And finally any other general advice?
Thank you in advance for any help you all provide.
Edit: Major in Computer Science & I am definitely open to moving states
Submitted May 24, 2018 at 12:42PM by Internethobbit https://ift.tt/2KOVosi
