@2stemgirls Thank you for your piece of advice. By the way, we’re both in the Honors College. We’re also in different majors/schools within the university, so even if we go to UA, we may have our own independence.
@Pizzagirl You see through me. Yes, that’s the ideal scenario. I want her to want UA because of the school on its own, not because I’m going there.
@HarvestMoon1 Yes, I say so all the time. She claims that I don’t want her there with me. She knows I mean well, but she choose to follow me because of my presence, which I find unwise. If she says that she likes program X at UA and professor Y is her role model, then I’m more than happy to have her there with me.
@mcat2 I don’t know why it’s contradictory. I help her apply to UA because I know she wants America, and I make sure she can achieve that. I refer to UA as her safety, which is the last resort to fall back on when she doesn’t have any other option. I posed this question because I was afraid she was making a mistake and I didn’t know how to help her.
Regarding her parents concern, I don’t think they prefer other schools because of me. When her SAT score was not as good as it is now, her parents and I encourage her to study to at least get the scholarship from UA. And now that her score is much better now, they think she deserves more.