I really wanted to go to Boston University but even with a partial scholarship my parents really couldn't take on that financial burden (taking out loans was never an option because they did not want me...or them...to incur massive debt)
So I also applied to FSU (where I went...turned out to be the best decision due to the field I am in now), Auburn University and the University of Alabama. There was no question that I was going to go to FSU. I grew up in Auburn and my father went there so he was really pushing for this, but I knew that I needed to get out of my hometown and away from my family. If I hadn't been accepted into FSU's music program I would have gone to UA..because they offered me a full scholarship on the spot and it was still close to home but far enough away that mom and dad wouldn't always be knocking on my door!
Looking back, sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to go to Auburn. I have a fondness for the campus and the traditions of that school but I'm so happy with my FSU experience that I can't imagine really having gone anywhere else.
