<p>My parents are the same way. Almost failproof method: throw statistics in their face. Class sizes, 44th in the country, list of majors, beautiful campus. </p>
<p>ANY, ANYANYANY college in the United States is a party school. Miami nightlife my ass. Ask them if they’d rather you go to NYU, great school, eh? What about the NYU nightlife? Bull*<strong><em>. I’m *</em></strong>ed off for you. You get a full ride to a great university and your parents find a problem with it. They sound like members of the Third Reich.</p>