mcartier713,

You're completely right, I should've mentioned that myself. I had a different conception of what a community college was when I lived in Memphis, but when I moved to Arizona, I realized they are pretty solid institutions.

I minored in Japanese in college and know lots of people who took the courses for a fraction of the price at Scottsdale Community College. The Japanese program I've heard, is the hardest language program at Arizona State, yet the professors at both SCC and ASU were of the same caliber.

You should definitely do that if money is an issue. Especially since ASU is constantly raising costs to fund never ending construction projects....And living in PHX, I'm sure you're all too familiar with that evil light rail construction...will I ever get out of traffic we think?

Anyway, I hope it works out for you, maybe you should hit up some sites for scholarships