things that have happened recently:
- Went to: family reunion (surprisingly fab in parts, partly because all of the weird members of the family hung out together at our campsite), the Dublin Irish Festival (Ohio, not Ireland, alas -- but much in the way of marvels though cut short by a rainstorm, and also I tripped on nothing and strained my knee for two weeks), and a cabin in West ( Read more... )
I really wish I could help you with things! I don't suppose you want to move to Chicago... It's a great city!
The best advice I can give you is try and get into a college first, because they will help you with all those things, like living accommodations and job acquirement. Even if you just go to a city/community college in the town of your choice, they will have associations for help with finding roommates, and you can get a job as a student worker, which will supply you with a concrete source of income.
I know there is difficulty in that you would be an out-of-state student, but is there anyone who lives in-state that you could kind of borrow their address to game the system, somewhat? Someone that you trust to open your mail for you or send it along promptly, and you could pretend to live at their address, just to make things easier?
Or have you thought about college in Philadelphia? I assume they must have colleges there ... And you wouldn't have to worry about out-of-state tuition. Of course these are all assuming going to a state college, but I would recommend applying to one in the state of your choice, because they are cheap and fairly easy to get into, as far as my experience goes.
After all this brainstorming, the best advice I can give you is this -- go to your local community college, even if it is only for a few, most basic gen eds, the stuff everyone needs for their bachelors. Once you are in the system with them, it is a LOT easier to transfer to a four-year college, because they have many, many resources for just such a thing. And also they are way cheaper, and IMHO Boring Math Class 101 is the same at any college, and everybody needs at least one class worth of math. I did a statistics course as an online class and it was the easiest, silliest thing I ever did, but I never had to do another math class after it in order to get my associates.
What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to figure this all out by yourself. There are resources available to help you, put into place to make college happen. You just have to put yourself in their way.
I know how difficult that can be -- God do I know! So I'm not saying even with help it's going to be easy, but you can totally do it.
I'm sorry if this is tl;dr and totally unsolicited and condescending-seeming, it's just I see us as being in similar boats, and if my own hard-won experience can help you in any way, I want it to. *hearts*
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