| What are your stats? Can you get merit aid?
You mentioned med school. Did you score high enough on the PSAT in the 11th grade to become a National Merit semi-finalist? What score did you get on the PSAT? You can go online and find out whether you scored high enough to be a NMSF.
If you are a NMSF, you can go free (everything--room, board, tuition) to U. Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS.
If you get to finalist (based on being NMSF and your GPA), then you can go free to U. Alabama at Huntsville.
If that doesn't work: What about community college for 2 years? Now that would be practical, costs half (at least) of what a state university would charge and you get your basic classes done. Then transfer to a 4 year college for the last 2 years. My sister's former sister-in-law (very well off) "encouraged" (i.e. flat out told) her 2 sons to go to community college first, then the state university to finish. One is currently at M.I.T. now for grad school.
I would be looking at saving that money (the $30,000) for a downpayment on a house someday. |