In a college decision dilemma, please help? :(

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Okay I’m literally so upset now because I got rejected by my top schools and waitlisted at GW and basically my only options left were University of Miami and American University. Well I now had my heart set on University of Miami but they gave me terrible financial aid. I want to appeal the aid, but much wont probably change. I really don’t like nor want to go to American University and I’d rather go to GW but I won’t know if I got in or not until late may and they may also give me bad financial aid and I could get stuck in a crappy roommate/dorm situation.

I’m so stressed out because now its like my choices are A.) Do the long drawn out process of appealing financial aid at UM just to probably not get much. B.) Attend American and dislike it and end up having to transfer to another school sophomore year and start all over or C.) Hope and pray GW gives me good aid and accepts me off their waitlist (dreams that could not come true)

What would you do in this situation. This is not how I expected my college process to turn out. It went from something exciting to complete hell.

Thank you.

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I saw your criteria for school on your other thread, and it seems like American might fit some of that. Is there any chance you might not dislike it as much as you think you will? Are you able to meet some professors in the Journalism dept, and sit in on some classes?

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Bloom where you are planted.

You ARE going to college!!
You need to stop the negative thoughts about American, start growing up and prepare yourself to make the BEST of it there.

Where you go to college is FAR less important than what YOU actually do there. And IF you should decide to TRY to transfer, you WILL have to have great grades in your college classes and get great recommendations from your professors.

MOST adults can’t afford their ‘DREAM’ car. But that doesn’t mean they wont have a car to drive.