Thanks to both of you for the replies! Hee, I like the way you used the dishes of food as a metaphor for choices, and it definitely helps to look at it that way, the only problem is most of the time I don’t even know what I want myself! 😛 And you’re right in saying that if it’s meant to be, it will be. I’d like to be able to make a decision based on what I want but the things I want seem to be contradicting each other right now. Cyd, it’s comforting to know someone else has been where I am! And I think you’re right in saying I would have nothing to lose in going to my boyfriend’s college for my first year and seeing where it goes from there. The thing is, I want to be a game warden and I love wildlife, but art has also always been one of my passions. The college that’s about 2 hours away is well-known for their environmental/wildlife programs, but it doesn’t have anything for art. My boyfriend’s college has a good art program, but minimal environmental/wildlife programs (other than a nature tourism minor). If I go to his for the first year, I’d be majoring in art. Who knows where I’ll be at the end of my first year, but if I still wanted to follow the game warden career path, I could transfer over to the other one. Who knows, maybe I’ll change my mind and get hooked on the art program and not want to transfer anyways? Or maybe I’ll go for two years and then transfer over? Besides, like you said, in the first year it’s mostly prerequisite classes. I won’t even be learning a lot that has to do with my major until sophomore or junior year anyways, right? So since I’m paying for it all myself, it actually would make sense to go the first year or two to the less expensive college where my boyfriend happens to go. Not only would it be saving me money, it’d be giving me the opportunity to experience a major in art and a major in wildlife. I had been considering this before your reply, but knowing that someone else thinks it’s a potentially good idea is pretty encouraging and relieving to know, so thank you 🙂 I might just decide on doing just that.

Ashleah- good thing you guys did break it off early on, that’s another worry of mine; that we’ll break up right before graduation after I’ve decided to go and if I end up deciding to go to the same place as him, it’d probably be awkward and I wouldn’t want to be there as much. Not that we’re planning on breaking up anytime soon, but things happen.
His school does have biology-related majors and environmental science. I took an environmental class in high school and loved it; the only problem is, the program at his school mentions quite a bit of chemistry and chemistry was definitely not my strong suit in high school, which is why I’m scared it’ll be too difficult if I major in environmental science at his school (even if I try to choose as many non-chemistry related electives as I can…it seems to be one of those base/prerequisite classes). Now, I know if I worked hard enough I could still get through the chemistry part, but I’m just worried it’ll be as torturous (okay maybe I’m overexaggerating when I say “torturous” but you know what I mean haha) as the class I took in high school. I’ll definitely take a closer look at their course catalog though and see what I can work with. Thanks! 🙂