<p>My mom prob can’t name the schools in the ivy league.</p>
<p>lol story of my life
“public school? don’t even think about it”</p>
<p>It’s not completely true that it’s an Asian thing, but it does happen often in Asian families.</p>
<p>Luckily my parents seem to be the exception. They would be proud if I got into an Ivy League school, but they understand I don’t want to go there, and so they don’t push me there. They say it doesn’t matter what school I go to as long as I make the best of it. After all, I would probably be miserable if I was forced into a school I didn’t like, and my performance would suffer as a consequence of my unhappiness.</p>
<p>Just tell your parents that it doesn’t matter what college you end up going to, it depends on what you make of your education.</p>
<p>If I am Canadian, I would choose:
U of Waterloo over MIT.
McGill over Harvard.
U of Western Ont over Yale
Queen over Princeton
UBC over U Penn
U of Chicago over All lower Ivies</p>
<p>“Well, son, the thing is, even if you get accepted to Ivy League schools, we surely cannot afford $200k,”</p>
<p>alkfasldghwe</p>
<p>i would love to go canadian.
but… it’s so cold up here HAHA </p>
<p>and most of our schools are pretty big.
@randomizer i did , but they told me " you go to college to get a job. and people want to hire graduates with ivy league degrees"</p>
<p>Yes. 10char</p>
<p>It was a full family push for ivies. I got into 3 of the 7 i applied to. There were proud. Washu was a safety. I got a likely letter and then I was wlisted</p>
<p>My parents aren’t entirely clear on what the Ivy League is–they know Harvard’s in it, I think–and I’ve had no reason to explain it to them. They know that the school I’m going to is amazing academically, because I’ve told them so, and are very happy for me. That’s the extent of their familiarity with US education.</p>
<p>When I told them I was staying on UChicago’s waitlist and would choose to go there if by some insane stroke of luck they accepted me, my parents were confused. “Is it really that good?.. Well, it’s up to you, I suppose.” Enough said.</p>
<p>My parents haven’t interfered at all this year–they don’t even know which schools I applied to–which is awesome.</p>
<p>My parents were pretty intensely involved in the college process. My dad was constantly opening my mail and trying to find out more about my admissions.</p>
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According to a world ranking of universities on international reputation and research output, Michigan ranks #15, above three Ivy League schools (Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth): <a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010[/url]”>http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010</a></p>
<p>Rankings are bull, but if your parents believe in them, at least use some to your advantage.</p>
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Same, pretty much. My dad knows it’s a sports conference, because he follows sports, but my mom didn’t. She thought it was just an unofficial term that meant “very good college,” until I explained to her. Neither of them really care about it. My mom thinks any good college, regardless of “league” status, would be great, and my dad would see it the same as telling me I should go to a school in the Big East. Actually, he would probably prefer me to go to a school in the Big East, so I could get him some tickets, haha.</p>
<p>My parents went to top LACs, so they are perfectly fine with wherever I go. However, they were disappointed when I took their undergrad alma maters Bowdoin and Oberlin of the list.</p>
<p>My parents don’t really care. Although they all went to really good schools (McGill and Yale), they never really forced me to go an Ivy League school. They’re very proud of me though since I got into a couple Ivys and I’m going to Brown in the fall. :)</p>
<p>This is the first time I’ve ever resurrected a thread on any forum :o</p>
<p>My mom doesn’t know anything about college because my older siblings both went to the community college right here. If it isn’t Harvard she says “I’ve never heard of it and the neighborhood is probably dangerous” (Like UChicago and Georgetown/GWU because Chicago and D.C. are sooooooooooo much more dangerous than where I live, NYC.). She doesn’t get that I have a negative chance of getting in and I have no desire to go there anyway.</p>
<p>UChicago is my dream and she’s never heard of it and thinks that since I love the idea of the Scavhunt that if I got in they would probably cancel it for budget or something. I’m like, mom, no, they won’t, that’s like THE best thing there. </p>
<p>-_-</p>
<p>My parents really want me to go to an Ivy League, but my first choice is in fact an Ivy League, so if I get in we’ll both be happy. However, they aren’t fixated - Caltech, MIT, and Stanford would be pretty much the same for them. HYP is what they really want me to go to over and above that, though. I personally love Harvard but there are a few other schools that I might prefer over Y + P.</p>