Help with an overbearing parent

BUandBC82
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:56:24 +0000

You are getting good advice on this thread.

I also live in NC. Last year my son applied EA to NC State and UNC-CH. He had 5 other colleges on his list. NC State acceptances were out in November and once he was accepted he ended up not applying to 3 of the other schools on his list. The only additional applications he sent in were to his two reaches and he probably only did that for us. Once he received his acceptance from Chapel Hill, he knew his college search was done.

As others suggested, let your dad know that some of these applications take a lot of time to complete and you want to keep your focus in school and keep your senior grades up. Talk to him and agree to compromise. Look at his list and visit a couple schools with him. You may find something you like. I would suggest applying EA to the schools you really want. If you get in that will give you some power over what other applications you send. Unfortunately UNC-CH doesn’t send out their EA acceptance until the end of January, so that can be a long wait.

Good Luck!