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Whatever you do, don't move back home and go to a community college. Worst possible thing you can do in the long run. My first year going away to school was really rough for me and all I wanted to do was go back home for school (of note is I'm talking about high school and not college; I went to a boarding school. But the point is still valid). Luckily, my parents would have nothing of it and forced me to be there for at least a full year. After that one year all was golden, I finally found myself and the ground upon which I stood. And from my experience, I've decided that the most important thing about going off to school isn't the school itself (because a community college, or a local highschool in my case, will still offer an education), it's about putting yourself in a situation where you are totally undefined. You can no longer define yourself by your family; no one knows of your family. You can no longer define yourself by your friends; no one knows your friends. You have to work on defining yourself by not only who you are at the moment, but who you want to become. And that's what's key here. You are at a pivotal junction in your life and it is absolutely necessary that you "broaden your horizons."
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