Hey I'm an incoming high school sophomore and I'll be facing this situation in a few years! If you can have a family member take care of it for a couple years then that's great. My older sister and her husband are going to take mine in for the first year or two, and by then I'm hoping to transition to an off-campus place.
Spend the first two years studying hard and saving up money, then find a snake-friendly apartment - with a roommate if you want to save money.