<p>I’m gonna give it to you straight: your parents don’t have to pay penny one. But they cannot force you to attend any college or do much of anything once you are 18 and finished with high school. You are legally an adult and you can make your own arrangements as to where to live which include with willing friends, relatives, homeless shelters and anyplace else. You don’t have to go to college right a way, and it might be a good thing to find a job and become more independent. Then your college choice will be totally from the fruits ( the all important money) of your own labor While you are still expecting others to pay for you for anything, they have to agree to what they are buying at least to the extent of signing that check.</p>
<p>It’s like being offered a car you don’t like. You can decline it and get your own.</p>