Overprotective Asian parents

sciencenerd
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:57:50 +0000

Sorry about the whole ordeal with your parents.

Personally I would try talking to your parents again and explain to them that having the “college experience” and dorming would be helpful to you in many ways in terms of growing up. GET the help of some Indian uncles (I’m Indian too) and counselors. For some reason Indian parents are willing to listen to the reasoning of their fellow Indians. And show some examples like “Raj is going to school in California and his parents are ok with it.”

If this fails you could try living on your own and going to a CC for a year. And then transfer.

Or if some colleges are willing to give you free tuition+room you could go there.
Or maybe try with your school for sometime and then just tell your parents that commuting is bad for you/you don’t like the school.

Good luck with your situation.