Help with an overbearing parent

oldfort
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:51:14 +0000

I think it’s one thing if your dad was pushing you to go to one particular school. What your dad is doing is giving you more options. As a parent, I like to give my kids as many options as possible. I don’t want my kid to say to me one day, “Why didn’t you push me to do this, or tell me to try this?” It is still a long way from April, you may all of sudden decide Columbia is the school for you. Looking at your dad’s list, it’s really not that different than yours, just more. He is not pushing you to apply to all NE schools when you are more interested in southern schools. He is right that even with your good stats, you may not get into Chapel Hill or Duke. You ask why you would be able to get into other schools if you couldn’t get into Chapel Hill or Duke, reasons - luck, location.

Tell your dad that most of those schools do not have early action, except NC maybe rolling. Don’t apply ED if you want to keep your options open.