If I could do it all over, I would graduate HighSchool as soon as I could... get good grades, test out GED
Wwork for 5 yrs, live at home, save up money...
Jump into community college, work my way through it, then transfer to a in state 4 yr university
tack advantage of what grants and Tax credits I could
Gradute debt free...
College isnt wat it was 20 yrs ago... you use to be able to work and pay your way through, even a Ivy leage school like yale or Harvard...
that is impossible now a days...
If you are pretty certian you are not on the way to Harvard/Yale/etc... then please, dont make the mistake I made and many of my friends made, Graduating basically with a Mortgage to pay off for the next 15-30 yrs