Do you think the judge would let me get emancipated?

Question

I'm planning on finishing high school early. I'll be 17 when I graduate and I'm planning on going to college. The college would probably be a couple hundred miles away and I'd need to live in a dorm. Would I be too young to rent a dorm and if I am and get emancipated, would I be able to rent the dorm? Sources? I can't find any colleges closer to where I live that offers a meteorology degree.

Answer 1

You don't need to be emancipated to go to college at 17.  I was 17 for almost my whole freshman year in college.  The only headache was when I needed to consent to certain things that a minor cannot.  I had to fax or email my parents the forms and have them return them so I could participate in a psyche class experiment.  As long as a guardian or your parents will co-sign things with you there is no need to worry.

Answer 2

You do not need to be emancipated to rent a dorm room on the campus of the college you are attending. this happens every day. The laws don't change when a person gets emancipated. So if you couldn't rent one before an emancipation, you couldn't afterwards either.

Answer 3

First you need to live in a state that permits emancipation; not all do. You need a job, the ability to support yourself financially and socially, a place to live, a plan for the court for conducting your life, usually your parents permission, and a court order.

Answer 4

Your parents wouldn't allow you to move out on your own anyways?  If they co-sign, you'd be able to get yourself a dorm.  Check with your intended college, to see how they do things.

Emancipation is a complicated solution to a simple problem, if you have your parent's support.  

Answer 5

A lot of college students are 17 years old when they leave and live in the dorms.

I don't think this is grounds for emancipation.