<p>@futurenystudent: Yeah, I’m not looking to work in the Philippines anyway, so I definitely think an American degree will serve me better in a multinational career. And yeah, my parents are beyond irrational, and yet, I’m the one being “unreasonable.” For example, today I had a fight with my mother since she doesn’t want me to go to a HOBY leadership seminar since the college it’s being held at is in a “dangerous city” where I could “insert bad thing that could happen to anyone anywhere” and she doesn’t want me to be “alone” and I can get into college “without it.” Gawd they drive me nuts. I don’t see why they have the right to withhold financial assistance and then have the audacity to make my life so dang hard.</p>
<p>@CaLibertarian That’s what I’ve been trying to say to my parents for years! Even tiny expenses like AP exam fees lead to shouting matches since they don’t understand $y will one day be paid off by $x. And yes, good grades are my main goal at the moment.</p>