I started crying, my mom says why are you crying what happened and i tell her the big news, and she just jumps and down. The daughter of two immigrants she says not going to college was never really an option. I know i want to get my education higher than my father did, so i wont have to struggle. But early in the application process, it became clear she didnt just need good grades to go on, but money too. And a lot of it. As soon as i started applying to different colleges and i saw tuition, it just made me feel kind of disappointed. Knowing that other students have the ability to just be like i quantity with that one. O no, i dont like that one, i want that one. And me i just felt weird, because i had to limit my choices. Gonzales has dreams of studying at old dominion, instead it has become an all out family afford to pay for her third choice. My dad has two full time jobs one at walmart deli and the other one at rudys for the airport. So i think he just every time he get as paychec