It sounds like you've fallen into the usual trap of thinking that your local, affordable school is your only option. That's what they want you to believe, but it's not true.
IMO, the problem with that approach is that you end up harming yourself much more than it appears at first. For example:
-- You meet, and are subtly influenced / corrupted by people with the wrong views
-- Your classes will contain incorrect concepts that can pollute your mind
-- The money you pay in tuition will help enhance and continue the school's wrong-headed thinking
-- The end result, after you graduate or leave, will very often be that you are no more employable or educated than you were when you first arrived. You might be tempted to brush this statement off as being "impossible," but trust me, as a former hiring manager at a Fortune 500 company and as the son of an extremely successful professional recruiter, I can tell you that it's true.
The alternatives include things like:
-- Moving to an area with better schools. If you can't afford it now, then work for a while until you can.
-- Skip school all together. Instead, spend a similar amount of time and money to start a small business or to do a project that you will learn from. You will learn MUCH more this way than you will in school.
-- Get a job and use the money to hire tutors who share your philosophies. Many of the subjects in college have no application in the real world (art history was one that I hated). Skip those and hire tutors for the important subjects: math, English, history, science, etc.
-- Do volunteer work, or work as an intern, at a local company that's doing something you're interested in. Research, broadcasting, etc. Working for little or nothing is very difficult when you're older; take advantage of the opportunity now while you can.
You might be interested in this article about a long-term strategy:
http://www.12retire.com/?p=18
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