My dad wants me to apply elsewhere... help me!

rainbowrose
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:33:18 +0000

Wow this kind of turned into a heated debate…
So I think I’ve decided I’m most likely not applying anywhere ED, just maybe some EA and rolling so I can have some acceptances in my pocket by the middle of the year so I can worry a bit less throughout senior year.
I guess it’s reasonable to at least apply to schools that he wants too; it’s just that every time I bring something up he kind of scoff’s at it and suggests something else. I don’t want to get kicked out of SHP or miss out on something else I love to visit a college I don’t want to go to. Basically my only criteria right now is not a small school in the middle of nowhere. It can be a school large enough that I can’t tell it’s in the middle of nowhere; it can be a small school in the city. I just want more than a couple thousand people around me. I don’t enjoy being isolated. I went to a sleepaway camp for 5 years (yes I know… not really the best comparison but it’s the only one I’ve got) in the middle of nowhere and I just got sick of everyone and everything quickly. I’m a pretty dynamic person who changes her mind a lot (hence my decision to most likely not apply ED anywhere), which is another reason I don’t want a small school. I don’t want to be stuck doing something I don’t like because I don’t have other options and small schools DEFINITELY have less options than larger ones. I just wish my dad would consult me a BIT with some things. For example, just today I grabbed my homework out of the printer and at school I realized there was a receipt for $170 dollars for some CTY thing, most likely the Wheaton visit (no idea where CTY connects to Wheaton but I’m pretty sure he said the visit was through CTY). It IS my life, and I will be an adult by the end of freshman year. I’m the type of person who doesn’t do well at things she doesn’t like and I’ve made great progress with my research so far and it’s something I’m at least highly considering pursuing. Meh… I kinda lost my point, mostly replies to the various comments on here. Basically, it’s not an issue of money but rather not being allowed to do what I want. My dad is SET on me becoming an MD and as of now that’s not what I want. I don’t want to be a physician. I don’t have steady hands so I can’t do surgery (my hands shake even when I’m pouring things that are easy to spill because I get very nervous) and my dad describes what it’s like as a psychologist at a hospital and in the end it seems like he’s always alone. I know that doesn’t mean all places are like that, but I want a job where I can pursue what I love with people who are working WITH me, not against me in my own workplace.
I guess I lost the point again. Just a rant, sorry.