I want to move out by end of April (after College Finals). I've worked SO hard for my job, they are rewarding all our employees in May to a trip up north all paid for. I couldn't go last year when this happened because of...alas....my parents! I've missed out on everything and anything. You name it, I had it taken away. I come from a very strict Islamic background. I'm not allowed friends, evening classes in college past 5pm, etc. This list goes on and on and on (deodorant was on there but I have lots, I smell great). I have scholarships and grants that pay for school. I stay out from 7am-6pm just to stay away from my suffocating home life and in the weekends, too. I'm tired of it. I want a small quiet apartment where I can stay home with my fish in the weekends + study. I hope to land an internship through my university with a company. They pay $10 or more part time or full time. I'm hoping to do Part Time bcz I have another job. Why I want to move out is because...first I feel psycho living here having no one to talk to and my grades are suffering from the screaming/yelling at my house. My GPA dropped to a 2.8 and will go down to a 2.5 I fear this semester. I've been working like a nutcase this semester and made $800 a month and can take out my first student loan for $3500. I plan to not take anymore after this $3500. No interest compiles on this while I'm in school. In the fall I have to take evening classes which my parents won't even let me think about. The internship is something I'm banned from doing. With all this work coming up, do you think I should.... move out. I'd be awfully alone (my friends will be there) but... my relatives will shun me out, too. Is this a risk? I've been wanting to move out since I was 14.