<p>*And I can’t help but feel inferior BUT it’s not even as if they’re smarter than me. They’re not. They’re not smarter than anybody else, but it’s because they were born into the lucky family - they have parents who are biochemists and electrical engineers who take an interest in their child’s life and academics, they’re rich and can afford tutors, their parents taught them physics in sixth grade, etc. It just doesn’t seem fair - it’s NOT fair. *</p>
<p>yawn. I’m about to say the exact same about you. you have parents who, though having unrealistic expectation/values, care about your intellectual growth enough that they encourage you to study. that they want you to attend a good school shows that they have a high opinion of your ability. they perhaps even have offered to pay for colelge if you get in. that in itself is something you should acknowledge and be grateful for, because not every single family wants to spend the money so that their child can go to a private college.
you have a home with both parents and a house to live in. you are healthy, you have friends (I hope?) and a whole life in front of you. no one has everything in the world- sometimes it’s good to step back and regain perspective.</p>