<p>That you aren’t interested HYPSM. For some reason my mom and my aunt feel i belong at those schools when in reality I don’t event want to apply. Right now they keep pushing me to do all these ECs for the colleges and keep talking about it.</p>
<p>Honestly if it were up to me I would choose a school like UCSD over an IVY.</p>
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<p>What you do to get into an IVY will help you get into USCD, and possibly a merit scholarship (if they offer one).</p>
<p>Now, if you said you wanted to be an auto mechanic …</p>
<p>Tell them what you have said here-that you are not interested in aiming for “elite” schools . Ask for support in helping you identify schools that you feel are better for you, like UCSD, etc.</p>
<p>Rather than continuing to butt heads with them, why not just humor them and say, “Okay, sounds good.” And when the time comes, go ahead and apply. The chance of getting into those schools is pretty slim for anyone, so you might not even have to worry about it. If you’re lucky (or unlucky) enough to be accepted, you’ll probably also be offered merit money at some other schools… and your mom may change her tune when she sees a chance to save significant money. Or who knows, by that time you might even want to attend a HYPSM. But one thing’s for sure… the stronger your application is, the more choices you will end up having, and that’s always a good thing.</p>
<p>Your parents are right if you are spending all your time gaming online instead of having a healthy extracurricular life and taking advantage of HS opportunities.</p>
<p>OTOH, you should do the activities YOU want to do, not necessarily the ones your parents/aunt think would look good on a HYPSM app.</p>
<p>And please, put the y-o in front of ur. It’s only two more little letters. I promise that it won’t add unmanageable time to your day.</p>
<p>Y-o-u-r. Spread the revolution! :)</p>
<p>^Unless, of course, you mean “you are.” :rolleyes:</p>
<p>@mommusic
I don’t play games. My life outside of school is homework -_-</p>
<p>@TeenDream if you go to school, do your homework, and have no time left, you have a problem. It could be that your teachers are unreasonable, that you’re in too many classes that are too rigorous, that you procrastinate, etc. etc. It’s not necessarily your fault, but that doesn’t sound like an at all enjoyable or healthy way to experience high school (or prepare for college).</p>
<p>Let them know more happy, successful people didn’t graduate the Ivyies, than those who did. But, continue to do your best so you can easily get in the college of your choice.
And continue to work on your English. Slang is fine, and abbreviations are fine, in proper context. Learn that there are times when it’s “just right”, but there are times when it looks/sounds out of place.</p>
<p>I sympathize completely. You’re a freshman. </p>
<p>Find ECs that you want to do anyway. Experiment, try things, tell your parents that your ECs are going to have to be YOUR passions, and you can’t be passionate about them if your parents are telling you to do them. Tell them that you want to try different things and that they should butt out. </p>
<p>Don’t do anything for college other than do well in school. Don’t worry about a resume. </p>
<p>Do well in school though, that’s important.</p>
<p>@younghoss
My apologies.</p>