<p>So I needed a place to rant about my Indian problems. I am constantly being compared to other kids, pressured to get a 2200+ on the SAT, and get into an engineering program. Good thing I actually want to become an engineer. What about you guys?</p>
<p>No one’s pressuring me to become an engineer, though my parents did pressure me for a 2300+ on the SAT - at least I met that expectation.</p>
<p>Now a prime topic of discussion in my family is how I can improve my resume, primarily through research.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your SAT score AND actually fulfilling your parents’ expectations! You are among a rare lucky few who can actually live up to your parents’ high standards. I have the utmost admiration for you.</p>
<p>Right now, my parents just want me to get into a good college. They’re not even thinking about jobs now. D:</p>
<p>My goal:</p>
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<p>Thank you! 
I was talking about improving my resume for college applications, it’s a universal concern. There’s always room for improvement ~</p>
<p>My dad wants me to be a doctor bc he’s one lol. But generally my parents know I’m pretty ambitious and not gonna end up a hobo and I don’t get I trouble so they don’t pressure me into anything</p>
<p>My moms indian culturally (born and raised there) but apparently she’s mostly Turkish and Arabic with some Pakistani ethnicly.</p>
<p>And yeah she wonders why the “mexican kids” have higher gpas than me. She’s mad I don’t have straight As. She only considers ivies to be good colleges. Apparently if I go to any UC I “should just go to community college” because there’s not much of a difference. Oh and to top it off she gives me no freedom: won’t let me go to parties, spend nights at friends houses, or have a girlfriend (not because she has a moral issue with that but because “none of the girls in our town are good quality people.” The only good thing is she doesn’t care if I become an engineer, doctor, etc as long as I do something that makes money. She does however hate that Idk what exactly I wanna do with my life.</p>
<p>Yes, I have a 2130 SAT, which I am trying to raise to a 2300+. I am also deciding whether or not I should go to medical school or pursue chemical/biomedical engineering. My dad is a doctor, so he expects me to also become one or at least take a job in one of the STEM fields. I don’t think that my parents will ever be 100% satisfied with me in anyway. My dad excommunicated with my brother, who went to USF, our town’s best university. I would say that I don’t have as much “fun” as many of my peers, who play sports and get wasted at parties on the weekends. Some of them or their siblings have gotten/probably will be accepted into Ivy League colleges. I’m not really good at any sports, and I don’t really have any major hooks or amazing ECs, so I’m not counting on getting into an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who isn’t being pressured to be a doctor or engineer?</p>
<p>My parents want me to be an engineer so badly. Sadly it’s not for me, so I’m opting for business. But knowing Indian parents, they wouldn’t go for it
So compromise- only business if it’s a top program/ school, like UPenn or Cornell
And engineering for all other schools. My younger brother wants to be an engineer though, so I’m constantly compared to them.
And again knowing Indian parents, they refuse to pay more than the first year of college. Yet the schools that’ll cost the least for me are coincidently where I’m applying engineering. Smart move on their part </p>
<p>As for SAT- they expected at least 2250. Thankfully I got a 2320.</p>
<p>Woah I thought most Indian parents paid 100% for college bc education is so important for them. At least that’s what my parents are doing haha</p>
<p>One of my older friends, who’s a sophomore in college, got a 2120 on the SAT. And now my mom is like “You better get above a 2000 or you’re going to community college”. It’s just really frustrating. And then I got a 3 on my AP WH exam while all my friends got 4s and I could feel my parents judging me. Sometimes I can’t take it. It’s just so freaking hard.</p>
<p>I’m allowed to either be a lawyer or a doctor.</p>
<p>Suddenly I feel so grateful. Although my parents kinda want me to go into finance/ economics, they said that they’ll be fine with whatever I go into (besides art, literature, history, poor majors, etc.). </p>
<p>Also, no smart Indian kids my age live within 30 miles of me. So not much comparison is going on.</p>
<p>Oh no, they aren’t like just set in that. They just want me to do something “successful”, which is is basically law or medicine.</p>
<p>No, I’ve told them I want to be a professor/researcher in physics, they seem happy.</p>
<p>I forgot to add, they hate medical professions. They won’t let me go to med school, even if I wanted to.</p>
<p>Gonna try to bring this thread back.
Any juniors out there? How’s your SAT prep going?</p>
<p>I’m an Indian and I can totally relate to the SAT pressure. Except my parents don’t want me to be a doctor since my dad works pretty long hours and they don’t want me to go through that. They’re trying to put me into business/law but its a good thing that I actually want to do that haha</p>
<p>I wanna do engineering. I think my parents were pretty relieved, haha. Do your parents compare you to other kids?</p>
<p>Oh my goodness yes! It’s frustrating but I get used to it anyways. Like the person they compare me to sometimes is 10-12 years older and it’s basically pointless haha</p>