<p>Thank you for your advice 
You have all been very helpful. Here’s an update on my situation.</p>
<p>One thing that’s sure is that I’m not going to community college. Both of my parents say a huge NO on that, because it’s apparently a black hole where once you go in, you never come out (most of the time). My friend’s brother went in there a few years ago. Haven’t heard from him since.</p>
<p>One good thing about USC is the flexibility in the classes you can take. They have a lot of interdisciplinary programs. I’m considering changing majors into SCA if I go to USC.</p>
<p>Also, my parents just told me that they’ll pay for all the tuition at USC. The only thing I’ll need to worry about would be the room/board, personal expenses, and transportation (that I don’t have). Their logic is that the tuition will cost about the same as paying for a UC school. So even if I sat on my hands the whole time I’m there (which I definitely won’t be doing), I will not be 100k in debt.</p>
<p>This is a huge sacrifice on their part, and I’ll admit to being curious about where they’ll be getting the money. (They mentioned ‘creative financing.’) Do any of you know where you can get equity loans or lines of credit for rental properties? If they’re gonna be paying, I don’t want them to risk our house.</p>
<p>I’m seriously tempted to go USC now, but I’ll be with-holding judgement until campus and housing tours for both of the schools. I’m also busy applying for lots of scholarships!</p>