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However, the parents have absolute veto over the student’s college choices due to either paying for some of it, or cooperating with financial aid paperwork. No parental cooperation, no college money.
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<p>with a few majors, the parents wouldn’t really know that the student is also doing premed. the parents arent going to wonder why she is taking bio chem physics calc. They probably think premed classes are medically-sounding. If she attends an undergrad that has a good number of Core, then fitting in the premed prereqs can come under the cover of Core/GenEd. </p>
<p>As I said earlier, if she chose ChemE or similar, the premed classes are mostly part of the reqts. If the student keeps her mouth shut about being premed, the parents are just going to think that an additional class is an elective or recommended course for the major…or a minor!</p>
<p>the student just needs to keep her mouth shut…do what she wants, and go on. Parents are less helicopter when you dont raise any red flags. </p>