I initially started my college career attending an out of state university straight out of high school. I was eighteen at the time with no idea of what I wanted to major in, was not taking my education serious, and was taking out student loans to help pay my tuition and on campus dorm and board fees. I was an undeclared college freshman unsure of a lot of things, but one thing I did believe was that a four year institution was going to provide me a better, more enriching college experience rather than taking the financially smarter route by starting off at a community college. Despite countless faculty and staff from my high school glorifying a four-year institution as the best choice for incoming freshman, the option of attending a community college is often downplayed, and I wished they would have taken my financial background into consideration so they could have helped me decide a financially better path for me to start my college career. Had I known what I know now, I would have s...