Tools like Gather Town to encourage more ad hoc group interaction. One team I led used this tool daily for nearly a year, and the frequency and quality of our interactions were on par with an in-person office. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

Well, after some more googling I found a good candidate: gather.town if anyone is interested. Source: about 1 year ago

Our Guides will host live sessions throughout the April 28-30th weekend in our custom http://gather.town space to spark connections and learning among global participants. You'll form diverse teams, uncover shared goals, and explore a wide range of issues through the lens of Complexity! Source: about 1 year ago

I'm really digging gather.town for this. Our team has it set up & the ad-hoc "meetings" have gone up tremendously. You can choose to engage or not but it seems to be way more informal than slack for a quick sync, which is a gigantic strength imo. Source: about 1 year ago

As mentioned above by @yowzas648 you should check out https://gather.town We started using it this week with my team and it is game changing, it does exactly what you just described. Source: over 1 year ago

Have you tried applying for scholarships outside of the UMN too? https://myscholly.com. Source: about 1 year ago

- Scholly was my number one scholarship search site. It is a PAID service, but you filled out your profile first and then it searched for scholarships based on your profile. We found quite a few interesting ones. Source: over 1 year ago

I have no experience with this, but the app linked here won shark tank. I'm not a paid spokesperson (unlike OP). Source: over 1 year ago

Also, don't discount scholarships. Like someone else said, you don't have to start college immediately after high school. You can take time off to work & save (nothing wrong with going at your own pace). If you do that, utilize myscholly.com here to apply to relevant scholarships. They're not all academically based! Apply for scholarships like it's your second job. Set a goal of like 3 a week for a year or... Source: over 1 year ago

Use this link to find additional scholarships: https://myscholly.com/. Source: almost 2 years ago