<prompt> Human: Hi everyone. I lurk quite often but this is my first post. Im 18 and I am going to graduate high school this spring. I am planning on going to college and major in high school education Im going to teach math. After looking at different schools its just crazy how expensive they are. I mean, Im looking at 35,000 a year. All of my tuition will have to be payed through loans. I dont have too much saved up and my parents arent paying for muchthough my EFC is 36,000 . They did say they will try and pitch in money as Im paying it off though. I guess my question is, how is this a good financial decision? Ill be graduating with around 100,000 and we all know how great teachers are paid! sIs it worth looking into community college? The only issue Ive found with it is that it looks like Ill have to do 3 years at a university when I transfer because the programs start education classes from freshman year. Thanks so much for reading. I appreciate it.  <response>: Community college is good if you want to save money. They offer transfer programs and other programs. If you have high gpa, college will offer scholarships, you can always apply and financial aid also available 