Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson\u2019s college plans<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe recent high school graduate will be getting the heck out of Georgia for a more pleasant climate. And she has a scholarship!<\/p>\n
She won\u2019t be traveling alone, however.<\/p>\n
17-year-old Alana revealed that she plans to bring boyfriend Dralin Carswell with her. They\u2019re moving in together!<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Alana Thompson and Dralin Carswell stand outside. The couple\u2019s age gap would raise fewer eyebrows if they were both adults, or perhaps if they were classmates. (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, which you can watch below, Alana Thompson updated the world on her plans.<\/p>\n
As we previously reported, she will be attending Regis University. There, she will be studying for <\/p>\n
That means that she will be moving to Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\nIn a July 2023 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson spoke excitedly about her future. (Entertainment Tonight)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring the interview, Alana shared that she plans to live \u201coff campus,\u201d even during her freshman year.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s probably not ideal for most people. <\/p>\n
Even if an apartment is more comfortable, campus housing gives people built-in social support and helps them to immerse themselves in the university environment and culture.<\/p>\nLauryn \u201cPumpkin\u201d Shannon poses with her sister, Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson at the latter\u2019s high school graduation in May 2023. Woohoo! (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHowever, Alana Thompson \u2014 who has been a reality TV personality since childhood \u2014 is not \u201cmost people.\u201d<\/p>\n
She explained that she will be living off campus \u201cfor security reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, Alana revealed, \u201cbecause Dralin\u201d is going with her to Denver.<\/p>\nMama June: Road to Redemption star Alana Thompson poses alongside her reported boyfriend, 20-year-old college student Dralin Carswell. (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI think he\u2019s more excited to move out there than me,\u201d Alana gushed during the interview.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old added that she has been dating Dralin for \u201cgoing on three\u201d years.<\/p>\n
Alana explained that 21-year-old Dralin has seen even less of the world than she has.<\/p>\nMama June: Family Crisis star Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson got all glammed up for prom in April 2023. (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cHe\u2019s been in the exact same town [in Georgia] that I live in now for his whole life,\u201d Alana explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd,\u201d she reasoned, \u201cI think he\u2019s just ready to experience something new, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going to college is an ideal time to experience something new. Even if you\u2019re not actually attending the university yourself.<\/p>\nAlana Thompson\u2019s older sister, who acted as her legal guardian for most of her teens, congratulated her 17-year-old sister on graduating high school. She recorded her sister\u2019s special moment on stage. (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLike so many of those entering college, Alana admitted that she felt very \u201cnervous.\u201d<\/p>\n
In particular, she will be moving \u201chalfway across the country\u201d for college.<\/p>\n
Still, more than anything, Alana affirmed that she feels \u201cexcited\u201d for this next big step in her life.<\/p>\nAlana Thompson spoke to a fan via Cameo to send them well wishes. (Cameo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAdditionally, she knows that the stakes are high. She and Dralin will be moving in together for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019ll be good for us, honestly,\u201d Alana speculated. <\/p>\n
She went on to comment: \u201cAnd I mean, I think it will be fun.\u201d<\/p>\nMama June: From Not To Hot star Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson took to Instagram to share a look at her age-appropriate eyelashes. (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlana shared that she and Dralin have \u201cdefinitely talked about the future.\u201d <\/p>\n
But she reassured her fans that she is in no rush to talk about marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t say that [he\u2019s the one] because I don\u2019t know what life holds,\u201d Alana wisely explained.<\/p>\nAlana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson appears in a From Not To Hot: Family Crisis trailer, imploring her troubled mother to return home. (WeTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cAny day now, anything can happen \u2014 but I mean, I hope,\u201d Alana expressed.<\/p>\n
She added that she and Dralin will have a lot of things to \u201cfigure out in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n
For an example, Alana revealed: \u201cI don\u2019t want kids, but he wants kids.\u201d Yeah, if you don\u2019t agree on that, marrying and hoping that the other will come around is a fool\u2019s errand.<\/p>\n\n\n
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