Did your parents encourage you to apply to Stanford?

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<p>I heard a local story yesterday about a mom here in Minnesota who really wants her junior son to apply to Stanford next year. The reason she'd like him to go to Stanford is that she would like a warm, sunny place to visit where she can get a tan when he is off at college. The son, on the other hand, wants to stay much closer to home. To him, U of Chicago sounds like a long way away from Minnesota. </p>

<p>What's the most interesting reason your parent, or some other adult you know, has for applying to Stanford? What other colleges fit the same reason? Is Stanford far from home for you, or nearby?</p>

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<p>My parents did not want me to apply to Stanford.</p>

<p>So naturally I did </p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>Hmmm, I just read what I wrote, Come to think of it I am
not sure if they were applying reverse psychology on me
knowing how I would react.</p>

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<p>I wanted to apply to Stanford on my own accord. I've always wanted to apply and possibly even get in but there have always been other colleges on my list that I did apply to. Now my parents just wish for me to stay home and think of them when I make my decision if I have the luxury of being able to decide between Stanford and another school.</p>

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<p>Well, Stanford's always been in my radar.</p>

<p>But what really clinched it was when I visited Stanford with my mom for a week.</p>

<p>Correction: for half-a-day. That very night, we took the plane to Vegas and spend the rest of the week at the MGM Grand.</p>

<p>After that, my mom **refused **to let me not apply, even when I pointed out the impossibility of an acceptance.</p>

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<p>My parents did everything they could to keep me from applying. They had much rather see me go to an in-state school so that I could come home every so often, but of course, I ignored them and applied. Now I just have to wait till the end of the month to be put out of my misery. :(</p>

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<p>My parents encouraged me to apply because it's relatively close to home (we live in the Rockies), and the weather is nice. They also fell in love with the school after we visited. (Sadly for them, I fell in love with Yale.)</p>

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<p>My mom doesn't haha. I'm an only child, dad's not around, so she's giving me mixed signals. On the one hand she knows that if I graduate where I am, I'm heading for middle management and a harsh life (very racist area when it comes to employment) but she also wishes I get only into Columbia and go to NYU which is a lot closer.</p>

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<p>I wanted to, but Mom's idea. She wants the weather and the wineries.</p>

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<p>From a parent's perspective, this was my S' idea although I prefer somewhere closer where I can visit him easier since we live on the other coast. I am OK with Stanford because my in-laws are just a few miles away in San Jose and can be his support there, and, depending on his final choices, you can't go wrong going to Stanford. Before moving East, our kids grew up in Silicon Valley so Stanford was always my S' favorite place. He has worn his Stanford sweatshirts and caps since he was 12. Personally, I think it was his way of telling us that he'd rather be in California and was going to make it back someday.</p>

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<p>My decision to apply. My father didn't insist that I apply anywhere in particular, even though both my parents went to Stanford.</p>

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<p>same here druu. Nobody forced me, but I fell in love with the campus when I did research there. Something about the smell of ink and dusty archives makes me excited-not in that way though. :)</p>

<p>or perhaps I didn't and I was just attracted to it because of my brother? hmm, a philosophic question which I am unwilling to approach.</p>

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<p>I encouraged my son to apply to Stanford for several reasons:</p>

<p>At this juncture he wants to do something along the lines of International Studies/Affairs/Businsess, with an emphasis in East Asian studies. IMO, there is a significant Asian presence/culture at Stanford that he could potentially immerse himself into.</p>

<p>As opposed to some, distance isn't a factor to us or him,( he wants to travel) so I encourage him to stretch himself geographically. We are in Ohio.</p>

<p>As a Questbridge applicant, his interest was piqued about Stanford as well as several other schools in their program.</p>

<p>A great location, weather, reputation, FA and institution. I asked him, why not? No good reason not to, so he applied. </p>

<p>We're waiting, like thousands of others.</p>

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<p>No, I didn't but she went to a basketball game when she was 10 and got hook ever since.</p>

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<p>My dad wanted me to apply to a good Bay Area school (we live in that area). He was between Cal and Stanford, and actually visited both while I was at school. He came home, told me to apply to Stanford because Cal had a "Communist feel." It was really quite comical.</p>

<p>I'm okay with it though, because I was never gonna apply to Cal anyways, and Stanford's always been in my top 3.</p>

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<p>I encouraged my dd to apply to Stanford, I even had her SAT's sent there. She was originally planning on applying, but after visiting the campus, she just didn't like it, and ended up not applying. I think it seemed too quiet and subdued to her.</p>

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<p>You'd be surprised blankmind at what goes on behind the closed doors of Stanford.</p>