<p>@shoboemom makes a very good point. It would probably be a lot cheaper for you to go to FSU and cover the housing cost differential to not live with your brother than to go out of state. You might propose that as a compromise for your mom (first see if she will pay the housing differential, but then see if you can figure out how to pay yourself if she doesn’t go for that). I am sympathetic for your desire for independence during your college years, just not with you giving up the investment your mom has already made and good deals in-state. The colleges you are talking about out of state are not an academic improvement on your in-state options.</p>