<prompt> Human: Ill try to make this as short as possible. I thought this would be a good place to ask for this kind of information since my school has no guidance counselor or anything similar to it Education: Im a senior in high school, who has been dual enrolled in both high school and college classes. My grades are okay, but not great. I dont know my exact GPA, but last I checked it was round 3.1-3.3. Not terrible and technically enough to get into most colleges, but not very competitive. My freshman and sophmore year were horrible academically, and it really messed up my GPA. Ive made huge improvements Straight Cs to As and Bs, which Ill admit doesnt sound like much, but is a big deal to me. My current plans for education are to stay at the community college Im enrolled in right now to raise the GPA and get as many transferable classes towards my major out of the way, and then transfer to university. My main choice is Embry-Riddle, which is an aerospace engineering school. Ive always been fascinated with things that fly and how they work, and Ive known that has been my passion to pursue as a career for a while now. Im currently taking private pilot lessons too which I hope will help with my enrollment there. Which leads me to...Paying for education: Ive been thinking about this for a while now and talked to many recruiters and people who served, and decided my best course of action is to join the ROTC for the air force. This should cover almost most of the cost of Embry-Riddle The air force has a huge presence on campus there since the main teaching subjects are about what the air force specializes in, plus the school itself chips in if you are a reserve officer, and I have around 2000 in a savings account for school payments. Ive also been applying for scholarships left and right. You can never try for too many!Personal funds and budgeting: I have very little experience with budgeting, but I seem to have a system worked out now that hasnt failed me yet. I have a few separate accounts in the bank, two of which are my checking account that is linked to my debit card and one for a car payment. My paychecks come bi-monthly, so I deposit half of the amount needed to cover the car payment into the designated savings account. This was at the end of the month I have exactly what I need and dont end up accidentally spending too much since the savings and debit card checking accounts are not directly linked. I usually end up with around 150 extra at the end of each month that isnt spent yet, which I then put half of in a rainy day savings account. The rest rolls over to next month. I try to stay away from fast food and going out which saves me a lot more money than I thought it would, but Ill occasionally treat myself every once in a while. As for keeping records of all of this, my bank makes nice monthly summaries complete with pie charts of the different categories of the expenses automatically generated, and compares how much you spenttook in to last months balance. This way if I see a huge spike in money going out I can look back and find out what is causing it. Im expecting my final spending amount for this month is going to be higher than last months because I bought a bunch of electronic components and a very much needed new soldering iron for a project Im working on. My main sources of income is my job 9.75 an hour for around 12 hours a week and a side business I have DJing shameless plug: So the question is, is this plan good, or am I going to crash and burn if I keep doing what Im doing? Any help is appreciated, I want to be as prepared as I can for after I graduate high school  <response>: You dont say it but the assumption here is you will be basically on your own, i.e. with minimal family help.Given that, Id say this is a pretty mature and well thought-out plan. You should give yourself more credit for budgeting progress given your age. 