<p>Congratulations and best wishes for many successes at Pitt! Please read my PM.</p>
<p>Woo-hoo! As a follower of the saga, I am happy to read that our hero was successful in his quest. 
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<p>So glad to hear it, IPH! I’m guessing you may endure a summer of snide and annoying comments about how much better Drexel would have been. Do your best to ignore them and not engage…be a good winner, even if everyone else is not being a good loser. You can’t control their actions, but you can control your own.</p>
<p>Try to be nice to your mom and do some special things for her to show that you love her (Mother’s Day is coming up next week, do something nicer than usual even if you don’t necessarily feel like it). You won’t be sorry in the long run if you work hard at this over the next few months. And – no matter how rough the summer might be, work to stay in touch with your parents next fall (a couple phone calls a week, drop them an email if they use it as well). Go home on all your breaks next year if you can, too.</p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing the final details of the decision, and we will want updates next fall, too :)</p>
<p>congrats … and enjoy Pitt!</p>
<p>Bravo! Well done! Can’t wait to hear how the decision went down at home.</p>
<p>IPhone, I am so happy for you! Now do well at Pitt and make your parents proud.</p>
<p>Hurrah! iPhoneHacker–tell your mom that I will take her out to lunch and tell her about the second and third best kids on earth who will be your schoolmates at Pitt. </p>
<p>I am happy for you!</p>
<p>Best news all day!</p>
<p>Have a great time at Pitt!</p>
<p>Congrats on becoming a Panther! I’m glad it worked out for you!</p>
<p>Good decision. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Congrats, excellent! You’re gonna love it!! And your parents/grandparents will love it too!</p>
<p>I feel really happy for you, and I’m glad it all worked out! How did you end up convincing your parents to let you go, after they seemed to make up bad things about Pitt and ignore the good things?</p>
<p>I have been following your dilemma all along and am so very happy for you.</p>
<p>congratulations!!!</p>
<p>I’m a lurker, and this is my first post. Just read this whole thread, and I’m so happy everything worked out! What happened to change their minds? Good for you for following your heart and doing what is right for you.</p>
<p>That’s great! Now remember… your parents have gone beyond their comfort level here. Do your best to stay in contact next year, giving plenty of positive feedback. Phone calls and emails are always appreciated, but I think a snail mail note now and then to parents would be nice too. Good luck!</p>
<p>excellent advice, colorado_mom!</p>
<p>So happy for you!</p>
<p>Now - go back and read Colorado_mom’s message.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late reply everyone, I’ve had some AP exams this past week, so I’ve been studying.</p>
<p>Anyway as for how it happened, to be perfectly honest, I have no idea. I asked my cousin to call my mom and they talked and my cousin did some convincing. That night, it was 11PM so there was an hour to send a deposit somewhere. My mom was was saying let’s send it to Drexel, but eventually she wished me luck and let me send it into Pitt!</p>
<p>After two months of constant arguing, I’m glad that this is finally over, and while my mom doesn’t agree with my decision completely as of now, I’m sure she will embrace it in the future.</p>
<p>Just make sure to contact her regularly and frequently from college. She loves you very much and she is afraid of losing you – in her mind, the fear is that you will go off and have your own life and she will never see you again. Of course that is not the case at all – but it can feel like that if a parent has a hard time reaching their kid.</p>