@Ari-Sorokin Regarding your question about being a starving artists, I'll tell you what I have told my high school animation and art students.
The "starving artist", in my experience, is a myth. It's leftover from Bohemian days where that was almost glamourous. These days, is it hard to be an artist? In short YES!
However, that does not mean you have to be a starving artist. If you are serious about being in this industry, as it seems you are, making it requires a lot of hustle, especially in the beginning. You will also want to have a lot of side hustles as you are starting out (different sources of income). It will also be a good idea to have a day job until you can make it.
These are all pieces of career advice, so now let me address school I've been where you want to go, I majored in animation at a particularly good and rigorous school. Animation as a major is hard. I can't overstate it. It is mentally taxing and intense. But if you can make it it is worth it. I would also not limit yourself to looking at private schools. Depending on where you are there may be good public universities with this major.
I wouldn't judge your future on a mood right away, especially given all of the other stressors you have listed. You are young and whether you realize it or not, you have time to explore options. Others on this forum would agree. I say if you have wanted to try for art school and have the resources to try it at a collegiate level (VASTLY different from most high school experiences) then give it a try. You will learn quickly if its something you want to pursue.
