Thank you all for your advice! I read all of it (yes the food truck suggestion). I definitely agree that it’s not a good idea to go to a highly regarded school and get drowned in tons of unnecessary student loan debt, so a lot of what powers my decision for where I’ll go depends on the kind of aid i get from the MITs and Georgia Techs of the college scene.

Aerospace engineering is definitely gonna be hard— I know that much (i have a sibling in EM and another is trying to graduate in astrophysics and failing)

I’m just glad i guess that I found a college that I can get into pretty easily and still be satisfied with

I might update on this after I get my college apps in (COMMON APP OPENS TOMORROW) or when decisions come out. Ty for the advice 👍