<p>Op, </p>
<p>As mom2ck said, there is no reason to come out while you are away in college. Only come out when you are ready: both emotionally and financially. If you are open to continue relationship with your parents, you are not using them or their money. If after you come out, your parents decide to disown you, it is going to be on them, not on you.</p>
<p>Besides, you never know, your parents might surprise you. Dick Chenney, the family values guy, openly shows love and support to his lesbian daughter. It is one thing to oppose something in theory, it is absolutely different when you put a human face on the situation. If you delay coming-out, your parents might develop suspicions, so it might not be such a shock to them and they might be more accepting.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>