USC

Nothing like a little bit of depression and a 6-pack of Molson Canadian on New Years Eve to make you want to change your life. One of my dreams was to go to the University of Southern California, the real USC. Given that the cost of an education there is very high (a private institution, USC estimated yearly costs in 1993 to be about $25,000) I didn't get to go when I graduated high school. I was accepted easily (ranked 25th in my graduating class) and gained early acceptance into the business school (my planned major was business administration), but didn't have any money. I was granted a regents (full) scholarship to any Arizona school, so I went to ASU and lost it in the first year since I had to keep my grades up and didn't when I was working full time. I continued on there with my employer paying for it for a while, then switched to the University of Phoenix (works for some, but I felt it was like going to school in a strip mall), but didn't finish there once I got laid off and haven't gone back since.
I've always promised myself that if I ever had the money to go to USC, which would probably only be by winning the lottery, I would. Now I've become so bored with life that I have to go. I can't wait for my 1 in 52,000,000 shot to get the money. Somehow, someway, I'll find the, what is now, $46,000 for a year to go and get a degree in mechanical engineering. I think one way would be if I could get .0003% of the people in this country to send me $1. That's $100,000 and would easily pay my way. So if anyone out there wants to help out, leave a comment and I'll get you an address.