Financial Aid at USC

mdcissp
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:20:46 +0000

See what happens after you apply to USC. If you are accepted and get the financial aid you need, then go to USC. If not, then I strongly suggest that you consider going to a community college in California (not go to a Michigan state school) for 2 years, get the General Ed. requirements completed (check with USC what they want to transfer), work hard for a 4.0, look for a part time job in California related to video games/film, and then work towards your goal of transferring to USC. You will save a lot of money this way and still be able to work towards your goals. Santa Monica City College has a program in Computer Animation which might work for you as well. Check out all of the California Community College programs. One other great program is San Jose State for Computer Science. One of the top ranked CS programs, and you should do better tuition bills wise at San Jose State or a Community college for 2 years with goal of transferring to USC.

Please do NOT blame your parents or yourself for what happened. Your mom is going through an extremely difficult period. The current downfall of the economy is beyond us.
You need to be living near your dad. The state of Michigan is going through a terrible time with the crashing of the auto industry. I don’t think you will get what you want in film/video game design in Michigan because a lot of the related companies are in California, right? You might also want to consider becoming a Computer Science major and doing one of the related minors in Video Game design, management, etc. at USC. Hope this helps. Last thought–do you have any grandparents who can help you out?