i'm going to school in Long Island. she is going to school in NYC don't know which school and for DC she might go to Howard or Georgetown.
Ok so as I said before, there's many ways to approach this.
If she goes to school in NY, there might not be much to worry about. Yall will still be in the same city so it can definitely work. Easy. But there are the normal road blocks in that situations, like other females/males. Parties/drugs/alcohol etc.
If you stay with her, and she goes to DC...you're in for a ride, man. Now I do not know your relationship, so I'm not gonna sit here and say whether or not that ride will be worth it. But from a grown man talking to a young dude, I can honestly tell you that you PROBABLY MIGHT Not be with that girl for the rest of your life. Right now, of course you're gonna believe you will. But realistically speaking, chances are low. But it DOES HAPPEN. Don't get me wrong. If you are a strong dude, and she's a strong female and neither of you get distracted by others, and don't become a victim to temptation, and don't plan on being with any other person (which sounds crazy when the people in question are teenagers ) then it can definitely work. But to get to the specifics, you might be going to a community college in LI (congrats to you by the way. Education is key in today's society). I THINK I saw you mention something about how you might transfer after the first year. If that's the case, you can do that, and possibly try to transfer to your girl's college in DC. Boom, reunited. Now let's move to her side of the situation. She's going to DC. Howard and Georgetown are 2 monsters in one city. I've dabbled in various schools for recreational and social purposes so I know how a lot schools get down. When you talk about Georgetown, we talking about athletes that might serve as a threat to your relationship. When we talk about Howard, we talking about an HBCU, kind of a party school, where there might be ALOT of threats to your relationship. It's allegedly a party school, ratio is like 70/30 females, and worst case scenario, your girl might get tempted by some frat cat. But that takes me back to my last statement about how well she deals with temptation and vowing to not mess with anyone else. Now DC on a whole from what I've heard is a city filled with young professionals = a lot of threats. But don't let that steer you the wrong way. Because on the flipside, I'm sure you're gonna have your share of issues as well. You're gonna be taking classes at a community college which Im sure will be filled with females who try to give you play. Your girl is 4 hours away, then the thought kicks in "she won't find out" but then let's say you make that move and mess around and she doesn't find out, within a couple weeks, you're gonna be thinking "wait...if I cheated on her, and she didn't find out....how do I know that she's not cheating on me". That guilt starts to kick in and then you start blaming her for **** that she may not have even done. BUT it depends on the person. I know, me personally, I can't deal with that headache or stress (if she goes to a school far away)...now on the flipside, do you drive? If you do, and she goes to school on DC, are you ok with making that drive every weekend? If so, that might help things out a lot.
At the end of the day, The best advice I can give you is to talk to your girl about the situation. Ask her what's gonna happen if she goes out of state. Ask her what she's gonna do in certain situations. Then ask her how would she feel if you acted a certain way in certain situations. Everything can be solved in a conversation.
The adult in me wants to tell you to move on, experience life, enjoy college, dabble, but keep your girl near (as a close childhood friend/homegirl) just in case she's really the one you wanna spend your adult life with. But of course this calls for being okay with her enjoying college and dabbling as well.
But as a teenager in love, I would tell you to stay with her through it all.
It's one of those situatuons where you gotta make the decision with your brain rather than your heart.
Good luck fam, just remember that at the end of the day, nothing stays bad. Life goes on. Your young so you're gonna make mistakes eventually, just gotta learn from em