Help with an overbearing parent

s11511
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:55:44 +0000

Your list is very reasonable. Most parents would be happy to have a student who knew what they wanted at this point. UNC - Chapel Hill is a great school–not sure why your dad wouldn’t want you to go there. (or Duke, if you get in) Is cost a factor?



Money is no object for him. My parents both make a sustainable income that will allow me to go to whatever college I want to go to. I think everyone else who has posted is correct in saying that he doesn’t want me to sell my self short; I was just surprised when he presented such a long list of schools, as I’d think that most parents would be happy with their son or daughter telling them that they want to stay near home. I’m not totally against applying to different schools in other states, but it’s just hard to find the motivation to do so when they’re places I’ve never visited or even thought much of before.