A few days ago
Anonymous

How to talk with my mother about my college choices is she is not wholly honest?

I wanna live on-campus housing for at least one year, because it would help me facilite studying and getting involved in other on-campus activities, make friends. For first year I tried her option, communing and it stinked. And commuting was hassle with 1h – 1hL40 min commuting depending on which campus I had classes. I go to DePaul in Chicago in big city. So I received notification that I got on-campus housing and I am vetry happy about it. I figured out I will be able to pay for that and I’ll include that with my loan. I talked with my mother about it but she is always negative. I told her how it is big chace to help me grow up, become more independent and responsible, then she conclued I can do that do under her house too (and her strict rules). She tries to scare me that I will only get in debt and I’l never get out of it. She even reasoned that America is going down the economy (besides we are Polish and she very religious and sometimes superstitous) .Then why I would go to

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A few days ago
Travlr

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Go to your school and ask again about your aid, you may be able to change what you receive since you will have the added expense of living on campus. Look into getting a work-study job on campus to help, or another part-time job or paid internship. Commuting is not the same experience as living on a campus.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
You could tell her about the military option, particularly if that would scare her. Get her so dam scared that you are going to join the military, that she will be happy to have you commute. Time to break the apron strings and move out on your own. You don’t need to take care of her. Just don’t abandon her. She is trying to manipulate you into living at home.

Your mom sounds like my mom when I was trying to become independent. Set clear boundaries. You don’t need to negotiate your independence, it is yours. If she pulls your financial aid…you can find other ways to pay.

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