I have to pay international fees which is stupendously expensive. I don't even know how I'm going to manage. I might just have to sell my soul to the devil.

You like science and Total War? Awesome. Rome 1 & Medieval 1 and 2 were classic. I didn't like Empire and Napoleon so much (don't like gunpowder) but loved Shogun 2. Rome 2 was alright, but had horrible optimization and AI. But this is for another thread.
I have never heard of international fees, what are they? In the case of studying internationally, as you are, I feel that is something that nations should work together to make it much more affordable, since it is not only the individual countries that need bright minds but also the world as a whole as well.
Haha I know what you mean! I'd rather sell my soul to Satan than to Allah, anyways, assuming that they both exist to begin with, lol.
I love Total War. My favorites are Rome 1 total war and Medieval 2 total war. Empire is pretty good for me. I thought Rome 1 total war is the most fun. Which faction do you prefer playing as? One of my favorite factions to play as is the Germanic tribes in Rome 1 total war. They have Berserkers which are completely insane! They destroy everything in their path of rage! I also like Alexander total war, I even modified it so I could play as the Achaemenids, and on my file playing as them I used cheats to get all of my cities to a very happy level and otherwise had a lot of fun on the throne of my beautiful Persian empire. I also love Rome total war barbarian invasion. One time I tweaked that game to make the Romano-British playable and then I took over Britannia with the exception of Ireland I think and then I started moving my holy armies which consisted of Grail Knights largely to the continental mainland. I had ultimate plans of conquering Gaul as the Romano-British but it was harder than it seemed at the time.
Medieval 2 total war is more difficult to play than compared to Rome 1 total war. It seems as if individual battles are much harder to win, with your units taking a longer, more difficult time slaying other units. For example, if I had a unit of cavalry that were going to ram into a unit of infantry in Rome 1 total war, it would take like maybe 30 secs-60 secs to defeat them/rout them. In Medieval 2 total war, however, it seems like it would instead take like maybe 3 mins-4mins to defeat the infantry, and even then one might risk losing a substantial amount of cavalry within that respective unit as compared to Rome 1 total war.
I have custom campaign mod for medieval 2 total war and I love it! I love to use cheats playing as the Timurids and go rampaging and/or also love embarking on a colonial quest as one of the respective European powers to conquer the America's and ravage it for its gold and land!
I am a big fan of history as well. History and science are my two favorite subjects. I love studying the reasons why, for example, the Roman Empire declined and/or I also love analyzing historical battles of civilizations I enjoy studying and the mechanics/logistics and troop numbers respectively of them. I also love asking questions to myself, such as imagining if I was the Roman Emperor at a time in Roman history and how I would go about preventing my empire's decline. It's all so fascinating.
I know a ton of stuff about the Roman Empire, Imperial China, etc.
It is all just so interesting.