<p>The High School Special program sounds good (although kind of a funny name). How soon can you start at the community college? If it’s not until January, can you spend the next two months doing an internship or community service work. Or there’s always working at the mall during the holiday season. </p>
<p>The Wisconsin area seems to have a lot of good colleges especially if you consider Illinois and Michigan as being not too far away. Have you considered U of Chicago? I visited there with my D in May. We really enjoyed all the bookstores and coffee houses.</p>