 I appreciate the fact that even when we were making decisions for school, he didn't want to put the financial burden on us, so he was thinking of ways, you know, which is why he initially wanted to enlist and do things like that, because he said, I don't want to have a bunch of debt. I was planning on enlisting in the military, partly because I didn't want to take out any student loans. I came to Purdue summer before my senior year to take a class, and I realized that I love campus. And now that I'm at Purdue, I'm involved in RDC, so I get the best of both worlds. Going out of state was never an option for him, because he always considered affordability. My mom was probably 90% of the reason I was able to go to Purdue. I really didn't want to take out any student loans, because I didn't like the feeling of holding people money, but my mom helped me fill out the FAFSA. My advice to future borderland makers would be to apply for as many scholarships as you can. If you're a successful person, you're going to be successful no matter what you do.