[projectileboy]

Given that you're about to be freshly-minted college grad, it seems to me the worst thing that can happen is that one year from now you'll have a little credit card debt, with a year's experience worth ten times that which you'd get at American Conglomerated Megacorp.

I assume you're in Madison. If so, there are good hackers to be found (Raven Software, for one). Connect with them, if only for moral support.