I recently started school again and I would be lying if I told you it wasn't extremely difficult. Even so, it's definitely doable. I recommend getting set up with the disability services department and maybe a school social worker as soon as you can. They aren't really that helpful in the day to day but you'll need them if/when things get bad (for example, they helped out with administrative issues when I was hospitalized). What do you plan on studying in college?
Good luck on getting on your first choice. Both of those options sound super interesting. As for me, I just finished my second year of a philosophy PhD program. I guess that means I'm evidence that it is possible to get through school with schizoaffective disorder (I've already earned my bachelors and masters). I still struggle a lot with school even though I've been in it for so long.
My hallucinations aren't much of an issue at school. I guess I'm lucky in that I can tell that they're not real (they come in the form of demons; and, since I know demons don't really exist, I know they're not real). I still get them when I'm trying to work at school, but I just do my best to ignore them. The negative symptoms are the worst! I totally lack motivation and would much rather spend my entire day in bed. Somehow I find the strength to drag myself out every morning and get to work. You just need to be a fighter. The lack of motivation will always be there, but you need to find some way of fighting it. I make a lot of to do lists. Somehow crossing off the items keeps me semi-motivated. I still don't care about anything, but at least I'm getting things done.
I wish I could be more helpful, but I honestly don't know how I'm keeping myself together at the moment. I'm a bit of a wreck so I don't feel like I have any great solutions. I do wish you the best of luck with school. You always have us here on reddit if you need us when things get tough.
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