So basically I want to become a veterinarian and I want to go to Oregon State University to get my Bachelor's but it is basically 35k a year, which I don't have bc I have no support outside of my part time fast food job and a few scholarships.
Instead, I could go to one of 3 community colleges to get a transfer degree:
1 LCC) can commute from home and already have done dual enrollment w/them in highschool but some people say it sucks and is unnesecarily dificult,
2 COCC) would have to go live with a relative and don't know if/how credits transfer to OSU but get to do fun stuff with said relative,
3 LBCC) have to move w/ no planned place to stay (yet), has dual enrollment for OSU and credits transfer really well, especially into my major.
People at school are not helpful, telling me that I shouldn't go into debt as much as possible, and others telling me its fine to rack up debt (which I will probs do in vet school anyway). Decision day and enrollment deadlines are coming up rly fast and idk what to do.
Should I risk going into deeper debt than I already will for the sake of saving brain space down the road? Or should I go the cheaper route and go into less debt but risk struggling to transfer? If the safer route, which community college?
I have been accepted into all of these colleges/universities. I am concerned that if I don't enroll at OSU, I might not get accepted the 2nd time I apply.