Parents becoming control freaks over Princeton admissions?

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>I don’t know if this is a common occurence, but ever since I got in, my dad has turned autocratic over all things concerning college admissions.</p>

<p>I was yelled at for not immediately giving him a letter (addressed to me) from Princeton saying that an piece of the financial aid application was missing.</p>

<p>I was thoroughly chewed out for telling a friend that I had gotten my financial aid package (my dad heard him and I talking about it).</p>

<p>I was once again chewed out because I cancelled one of my admissions to another college without his approval.</p>

<p>It’s getting very silly, and I suppose my only consolation is that I won’t have to deal with any of this in the two and a half months I have left at my parents’ house!</p>

<p>Sorry to turn this into a xanga, but I was curious as to how many other people are experiencing this kind of thing.</p>

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<p>Give your dad is little slack. He is having anxiety attack. Now it is almost certain that in the next few months you will be gone, and at the same time the reality must have hit him that he may have to shell out some bucks (even with some aid). Trust me, it will pass.</p>

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<p>My parents have gone slightly cuckoo too. My mom’s been knitting Princeton Christmas ornaments and everything…</p>

<p>Oy.</p>

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<p>which is it? Oy or Christmas? In any event, bless her for being justly proud,…although one wonders to what degree there will be december snow in your forecast given the climatic gulf between jersey and nicaragua,…</p>

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<p>JohnDoe -</p>

<p>Who is paying for your education, you or your dad? If the answer is your dad, he has good reason to be very concerned about financial aid forms, where you choose to go or not, and all that other stuff. If, on the other hand, you are paying, YOU should be concerned about the forms and stuff.</p>

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<p>Plus, your dad is probably hurting something fierce because he knows stuff is changing real fast and he really has no control over it. Some guys have some serious problems here. Maybe your pop is just feeling the loss and trying to compensate by grabbing at control wherever he feels he can get it. No harm in letting the old codger know what’s going on. Right?</p>

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<p>Be thankful that he cares about your well-being – he wants to make sure he knows what’s going on and that you start college on the right foot.</p>

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<p>No, no snow for me. Just a plastic tree and orange ornaments.</p>

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<p>I honestly wish my parents were more like yours. I got waitlisted at Princeton, which would probably give me a ton of money because of my financial aid situation and I was freaking out about it but they really didn’t care. Then after I found that out, I opened a package that I got 20,000 a year from NYU Stern and their reaction was basically, “oh that’s good.” I don’t understand how they can seem so calm about all of this.</p>

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<p>nope, my parents are laissez faire on and i’ve called all the shots</p>