<p>If soo.... what are the reactions?!
My parents tell me to not worry about it and blah blah blah, but I have a feeling they'd brag more if I went to an ivy league obviously lol. Well my parent's friends are like "well that's cool" or blank stares. Then they ask me my major and that's when they're like "oh my she's pretty smart" . When I drop the bomb about liking my major (which I really do) it's all uphill LOL. My sister goes to USC, and my parent's friends reactions are like "oooh what's it like" or "how nice". (Then become more interested in her.) Hehehe what are your stories!?</p>
<p>I transferred from Virginia Tech (eng) to UVA for engineering. My dad still doesn't like it because he thinks VT's engineering is better than UVA's, blahblhablah. Most people think that too, so I get a lot of "Isn't VT better?". My dad always makes stupid remarks agreeing with them and always adds "well it was her choice". Yeah thanks dad. My mom, though, is always telling people I transferred. People know UVA is a good school, and when they see my mom excited, they seem so too. But I think it'll be a long uphill battle with my dad still. Moms always know best.
My sister went to UGA for a communications major, so I always win in that boat which is nice. Plus, my parents think she screwed off her 4 years (which she did, and her 2.9 proves it) and ontop of the amount of money they paid, they're always quick to boast about my grades/IS/engineering. Woo for being the smart kid.</p>
<p>My parents tried that... but no one knows any of the LACs (even the top ones in the country, with admissions rates at or below 17%, kind of like mine...), so they just stopped trying, basically. </p>
<p>When somone did know my school, though, they would always say "Oh, wow! Congratulations!" and shake their hand.</p>
<p>hahah I had a friend like that, she went to Amherst and people would be like "huh?". Obviously most people our age know about it, but students not interested in liberal arts at all might not even know, much less older generations. Anyways, she found a t-shirt with the typical "Amherst" on it, and the back said "I may go to a liberal arts school, but I know my math" and it had a pie chart showing the 17% or whatever labled "Accepted".</p>
<p>That shirt sounds wicked!</p>
<p>my parents brag about me all the time. its really funny b/c they both never went to college and both have jobs that dont require education (dad works at post office and mom is first aid kit assembler). they dont have the academic background so they are never treated as intellectual equals by most of my family and family friends in the sense that many of them went back to school after immigrating from India. my parents obviously didnt. Its one of the best feelings I have ever felt when all these people realize my parents raised someone who's going to a top-school. its like their jaws drop and my parents earn instant respect. so obviously they brag. I'm the first to go to college in my family and my parents cant show me off enough.</p>
<p>most of my friends don;t go to school, or go to bad ones. My parents brag about me all the time, even though McGill isn't even that great compared to true elite standards. But when you have peers that are dead or in jail, it really changes things. It's funny, though...in Montreal, a BA from McGill means absolutely nothing. It's about on par with saying you went to community college in the states. I guess Canada is egalitarian instead of elitist.
This site gives me a huge inferiority complex, hopefully I'll go somewhere more prestigous for grad. school.</p>
<p>My parents do. I only go to Boston College, which isn't that amazing of a school compared to what's already in Massachusetts (i.e. Harvard, MIT, etc.). It's pretty cool though, since I'm only one of two people of my graduating class who went out-of-state. Everyone else stuck around at the local community college. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>My going to Cornell always seems to come up in conversations my family is involved in. It makes me uncomfortable. It doesn't matter to anybody but me right now where I am going to school. Sure I worked hard to get into the school I wanted, but other people worked hard to get into schools that may be seen as "less prestigious." I hate the attention.</p>
<p>OMG wildcat you are so humble and gracious. Because I know that most kids would be like "yea I go to this school therefore I'm better than you!" attitude! But the fact that you acknowledge that other people worked hard as well that just shows selflessness on your part! So kudos to you :D</p>
<p>No, not really.</p>
<p>I don't mind when my mom casually mentions in a conversation that I'm gonna be going to upenn this fall, but I HATE IT when she makes it the whole point of the conversation. Its just so awkward. So I eventually just tell her " mom, I'm sure no one really cares where I'm going to college, lets just switch topics), and she'll laugh and change the subject. But its still awful, specially if I'm there when she's doing all the bragging ( well not braggin, but you know. Still, I sort of feel she earned the right. She really helped me out during HS, driving me to ECs, paying for all of my stuff, the least I could do is give her something to be proud of).</p>
<p>Wow, how many replies and no one has commented on "does your parents..."?</p>
<p>Okay, it should be "Do your parents...?" Better?</p>
<p>My sister was a 4.0+,AP, athetic, 1330 (old) SAT HS student. 5 years ago she originally got waitlisted to Wake Forest, and was going to go to James Madison. That was perfectly fine with everyone because it's a great school and not as expensive as Wake. Then she got in off the waitlist. My mom couldn't get the "Wake Mom" t-shirt and car decals fast enough. She insisted on having a license plate frame her freshman year. She told people that my sister was at Wake and getting good grades every time the opportunity arose, but never bragged or boasted about specific things. She woud just say that she's there and thriving. Now she loves to tell people that she graduated from Wake. Me? I go to Frostburg, a 3rd tier public school with a bit of a rep for partying. If it comes up, my mom will tell people that I go there. But she didn't start to actually do anything approaching "bragging" until I got a 4.0 this past semester. It's actually a little painful to have proof that, while your parents may be proud of you, they really aren't proud of your school. My mom didn't rush to get a Frostburg decal; I bought it for her b-day actually. It wasn't on the car until I came home at Christmas and did it myself. I KNOW KNOW KNOW that my mom is glad I'm succeeding in school, but Frostburg will never be as good as Wake Forest, never. OTOH, it will never be as expensive either :). AND my sis is going to U. Alabama for grad school. My mom is originally from Georgia, and abhores the south, so things have evened out.</p>
<p>Wouldn't it be strange if your parents DIDN'T brag about you if you got into a top school?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if my parents even know how fancy shmancy the school I'm going to in the fall is. It's a little sad they can't feel the pride they're entitled to, but I like it in a way - it keeps me grounded. </p>
<p>And I keep hoping someone will make an off-hand comment, or my mom'll accidentally tell someone and get the name right, then have that little moment of "hey! Our family isn't that screwed after all!" But aesh. I'll still have a great time, I still feel proud of myself, and I still know I'll have a better shot at providing for my family someday.</p>
<p>Where are you going? We can ooh and ahh over you if you want.</p>
<p>^ Yale
(sorry.. but how can you get the name.. wrong??)</p>
<p>Your parents don't know Yale???? Are they recent immigrants from another country? Even if they are, people from all over the world know schools like Yale and Harvard. Seriously, I'm so sorry. You shouldn't have to always be grounded over this. Like, the day your acceptance came in, you should have been able to climb to the roof of your house and parachute off or something, and without question. Going to Yale is amazing, and you should be so excited and proud of accomplishing that. Good luck with it :) :) :) :)!!!</p>
<p>DO your parents or family members brag about you going to a top notch school?</p>
<p>DO your parents or family members brag about you going to a top notch school?</p>
<p>DO your parents or family members brag about you going to a top notch school?</p>
<p>DO your parents or family members brag about you going to a top notch school?</p>
<p>DO your parents or family members brag about you going to a top notch school?</p>
<p>jesus...</p>