Society and the state have decided that people this young can't think for themselves. We already have stuff like drinking laws which say you cant handle alcohol till youre 21, but here please decide the course of your life and if you want to get into 10's of thousands of dollars of debt right now. We also tie Fafsa money to your parents with little recourse to do anything if they don't decide to help you out. Society expecting 18 year olds to follow these rules, but also be responsible and critical thinking adults is just being hypocritical