girlfriend not supportive?
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Forget your dream, show her the money! If your education doesn't bring in at least the cost of the education the first year in salary, forget it.
She's being practical, she has 2 kids that are there forever. Most likely, you will be making less and not available to take care of her and her children.
I'd guess she looks at it like this: her life is REAL. She has real responsibilities, today, tomorrow, forever.
Your life is in TRANSITION. You could stick around or not.
So it comes back to money. Kids are more important than your "dream" (sorry, but that's reality). Kids cost money, so does an education (in time and money). If your education doesn't net you a very, very nice increase in salary then it is only for your own ego (again, with kids, that's trivial, at least for the foreseeable future).
Lastly, why NY? You picked the most expensive, most impractical place in the US to go! I'd scratch that off, unless you are getting a MBA from Columbia (and have the $125k for the tuition).