@ucbalumnus What I’m getting is basically this emotional blackmail of Asian(I’m Indian but mentality is pretty similar) people don’t go to community colleges. They think that if I do I’ll probably end up working some crappy low wage construction job. That’s the stereotype they have in mind.
Also on financial aid they are being super weird, they said once that they are willing to help pay but that was the only time. Whenever I try to bring up financial aid and how it will be difficult for me to pay they get annoyed and just refuse to talk and say that how can I expect them to contribute when they still have to pay the mortgage for the house (about 200k as well).
I really don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m in this triangle where the three corners are prestige, dept and my relationship with them and I can only pick two goods.