I hadn't thought about that, but it is possible. It really seems as if he just doesn't know what he wants to do. We have been open talking about all of this, and I don't think he would be afraid to tell us, but I might just ask him. Part of me is afraid to push him too hard and have him just shut down. We live in a poor, rural area; a lot of people don't go to college and don't see the point of it. Only one girl in his class (small school, class of 10) wants to go away to school; the rest will go to the local community college or the school that is a little bigger that is 45 minutes away, but they will live at home, or they won't go to school at all. We want him to go away from the immediate area (even 2 hours away is fine) and see that there is life outside of here. He does say that he wants to leave the area, he always has. There is no opportunity here anymore for people. DH & I both went to the local college, and it was a good school then, but their programs have really gone downhill and it isn't going to be a choice for him if we are paying (he has never mentioned any interest in that school anyway).