parents want me to stay in-town for college —rant

be prepared this is kinda rant-y lol. so i’m a rising senior and trying to narrow down where to apply this upcoming fall. i am planning on majoring in fashion business and minoring in marketing. my problem is my parents (mainly my mom) are dead set on me going to the college right down the road, because it’s very close and she “doesn’t see why I should apply to other colleges when there’s one right in town.” her other issue is cost — she doesn’t want to pay much at all and believes that our income level (middle class) won’t receive much need based aid. we also have a family member who had a bad experience going oos for college so she doesn’t want that to happen to me, even though their bad experience was a reflection of their own bad decisions.

it’s not like the college in-town is a bad school at all, but i really want to branch out a bit and apply to some other schools in bigger cities and stronger opportunities. and it definitely doesn’t help that everyone in my circle at school looks down on the in-town college, and doesn’t understand why/how people who take IB classes (like me lol) end up going there. i expressed this to her and talked about applying to colleges nearby (like 45 mins away) but not in-town, and she shut both ideas down and stood by her point. it makes me so disappointed because i apparently can’t even try to reach for bigger things, and stressed because it’s getting closer to application season and i don’t know what to do. i understand that cost is an very important factor, so i’m working hard currently to get merit scholarships. i’ve started considering going to the in-town college for a year and then transferring oos, but i feel like if i do that then i’m giving up in a way. i wish college wasn’t such a huge source of stress and anxiety! any advice on what I should do?