Not going to lie guys, I may be moving back to North Carolina for college purposes. Is that really something I want to do? No.

I went up to Auburn University yesterday is hopes of being able to appeal the decision that I would have to pay out-of-state tuition, which is rather expensive and my financial aid will only cover the in-state portion. I could not even get close to the appeal process, so I could get in-state tuition. Considering out-of-state tuition is TRIPLE the amount of in-state, Auburn is no longer an option. I (apparently) still have the ability of in-state tuition in North Carolina.

The reason why I can't get in-state is because there is another requirement for appealing in-state tuition. You can't just live in Alabama for 1 year and be claimed as a resident. You have to live in Alabama for 1 year (with proof) and work a full-time job for 1 year. I can't do a year of full-time employment, that's putting me behind one year of my college career. I can't do part-time of classes because my financial aid only covers full-time.

It's a rather bogus and silly requirement that is now hindering my ability to go to the college of my dreams. A college I have always wanted to go to for a good majority of my life. A college that has a great program for the major I want to go in to.

I wasn't even told about this requirement until yesterday! I already have an apartment being leased for 1 year now, because I didn't know about this requirement. I have already filled out an application and payed the $50 fee for them to "process" the application and I have already payed $200 for an orientation, that I will most likely not go to, because I wasn't told about this requirement. The lady I talked to about this issue said that nobody even knows about it. Now that is really sad.

To be honest with you, I don't want to go back to North Carolina. No offense to my North Carolina friends, but seriously… I just made some really good friends down here in Alabama. I haven't even known these people for a whole year and I'm already leaving (May be leaving, the decision isn't final). If I was going to Auburn, I would only be 2 hours away. In North Carolina… Try 10-11 hours. Now that sucks, but I guess that's life I guess.

So, this basically sucks. Especially since I just learned about this. Hopefully I can work something out and still stay down here, or else I'm going to be packing my things and moving to North Carolina.

tl;dr
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I may be going back to North Carolina because I can't afford out-of-state tuition because I can't get in-state tuition because I haven't worked full-time for one year.