Parents need to BACK OFF

Creekland
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:06:19 +0000

Don’t fight with your dad over it. Apply to Harvard (and visit it) and make up your own mind how you feel about it. Also apply to safety and match schools. If you find you truly don’t like Harvard, simply tell your interviewer your dad made you apply when he asks why you did. It will be truthful. You won’t get accepted (small odds anyway, but you don’t want to have the fight with your dad), and your dad should feel better about where you do want to go.

There’s no reason to fight with parents about such things.

However, be open-minded on your visit. You might like it. Don’t just throw out everything your parents like - just because. That’s incredibly unwise.

FWIW, my guy didn’t like any Ivies either, but it wasn’t a battle here. On the contrary, I was happy he liked schools where he got offered nice merit aid. Nonetheless, be open minded.