Moving+off+or+staying+home?

In Moody High School, seven people were surveyed about if they planned to attend college far away or close to home. Five out of the seven people said they chose to stay close to home because of the cheaper tuition, spending money, and they didn't want to leave their friends and family. The remaining two students chose to to go off to college for a change. As of 2008, the average cost of tuition for in-state students is $5,836,according to cnnmoney.com. For out-of-state students, the average cost of tuition is $10,867. According to yahooanswers.com, 90 percent of high school students plan on going to college while, according to a guest speaker at MHS, 75 percent of college students drop out within the first two years because of a lack of money or grades. Before leaving for college, be sure to arrange how you're going to make everything work (school, money, job, housing, food, etc.), so college will be a smoother experience.