<p>Emberjed: I feel sorry for you having parents like that.</p>
<p>The type of pressure that they seem to be putting on you is ridiculous. “Let” you apply to competitive colleges? “Let” you? </p>
<p>Whose life it is anyway? Yours or theirs?</p>
<p>This is what has gone wrong with the whole college application system.</p>
<p>Sheesh.</p>