Is it fair that my parents want me to apply only to top 20 colleges?

<p>yes i definitely agree with you on that point. two schools that the poster mentioned, notre dame and emory, would not be good choices for computer science
still though, the criteria that that the poster mentioned for choosing schools is ridiculous, and it seems that he is not completely sure of what he even wants to major in. factoring in that it is likely that he could change his major like many college students do, it would obviously be best to go to an elite school, ie. ivy leagues, stanford, Cal, UCLA, where the university is very strong in a wide variety of programs</p>