<p>Some of them told me to stay in this room. Some even told me to leave. I bet most parents here are nice, but yelling at me cause i didnt do anything isnt very nice. Im kind of not happy anymore tonight. Even when people are mean to me on other sites they are usually my age and im cool with older people too, but when older people tell me they dont want me here it makes me sad. Maybe i wont come here anymore. Sorry. Bye.</p>
<p>Parents are nice</p>
<p>Yeah, I have noticed that there are parents who are just as immature as high schoolers. One called me “an immature brat” because I didn’t like a school that I had to travel a great distance to visit, and then dug into my previous posts to pick out examples of what he thought was also “ungrateful, bratty behavior” (his examples were all sarcastic, in a thread in HSL that was devoted to sarcasm). Yet, he was unable to comprehend that, and he also completely overlooked the part of my post where I mentioned that I had to pay my way for my entire college visit trip. What would his kids think about his behavior?</p>
<p>There are plenty of nice, helpful parents on here though. There are just a couple bad apples too.</p>
<p>Some of them seem overbearingly defensive of their darling offspring. Because, you know, their kids are so perfect and all. Nothing personal against them–it just becomes obnoxious and tiring after a while.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there’s also a significant portion of CC parents that are extremely knowledgeable and helpful…without being obnoxious about their own children.</p>
<p>wut if u found ur parints on tihs site lolzz</p>
<p>Since beginning to tour colleges and whatnot, I have been astounded at the amount of completely overbearing or ignorant or annoying parents. (sometimes all three!) I feel very blessed to have parents that want me to choose a place that is best for ME, not them. And yes there are a lot of helpful parents on CC, but I have read some undeniably rude, snobbish, and pretentious things said by parents. Quite sad. </p>
<p>On another note, I find it creepy, rude, and somewhat immature to spend time digging around through previous posts simply to feel as if an argument or statement has been “confirmed”. Emphasis on creepy.</p>
<p>Eh, well there’s always those few snobbish, overbearing parents who try to live vicariously through their kids. Most of them are really nice though, and they offer a great alternative perspective.</p>
<p>yea those parents with 15,000 posts are jerks a lot of the time and complete losers. I mean who would post on this site that much? It’s just really funny how they think they know everything about every university you’ve ever heard of (and then some). </p>
<p>I just think that it’s hilarious that they have “insight” into the party scenes at a lot of schools. I mean, really, who the heck think that Stanford has a great party scene (when compared to UGA, UCSB, etc…)? One of those parents tried to argue to me that Stanford must be known for partying because they have a D1 football team. I asked them if they had ever been to a SEC tailgate and of course I didn’t get a response back. And if they were such big partiers in college, then why the heck would they be spending all of their time on CC?</p>
<p>One last thing- I find it amazing that they seem to know more about my family’s finances than my parents or me. I posted that I wasn’t going to go to an in state (UC or CSU) because of the budget crisis and because they don’t fit my personality. I got a vehement response from one of them asking me how the heck my parents are going to pay $45,000 for my Freshman year at the University of Texas (I am going to do that and establish residency in Texas bringing the cost down to $20,000/yr or less there after). Well do the math. It’s cheaper to do that than to spend an extra 30k for an additional year at a CA state school because you can’t get classes (which is precisely what one of my relatives is doing). </p>
<p>And speaking of residency, one parent apparently knows more about the residency requirements at UT than the admission counselors that I talked to when I visited. Amazing! Maybe they should apply for a job in the admissions office because they clearly have a ton of free time on their hands.</p>
<p>Those parents are such losers. Their kids are probably complete workaholics and don’t have social lives. If my parents were like that, then life would truly suck for me.</p>
<p>That’s my little rant about those loser parents.</p>
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<p>That’s alright, they’re just mad because they are losers that spend all of their time on CC. They obviously must live vicariously through their children in order to escape their meaningless and depressing lives. Don’t take any crap from them.</p>
<p>I don’t think parents should be on a college site, if not just for the financial information. </p>
<p>If they are, then they’re helicopter parents most likely. No matter what they say.</p>
<p>That’s what happens when you become just an anonymous name on the internet…</p>
<p>I honestly support the idea of everyone being forced to use their real-life names.</p>
<p>^I wouldn’t mind that.</p>
<p>Yeah I got some really uptight parents telling me that I was foolish for applying to the colleges on my list because my parents have a 90k ish income plus a fairly large savings account for college…they all told me I’d never get FA from the Ivy League, top LACs, and Sisters I’m applying to. Then I actually sat down with my parents and calculated my EFC and it’s approx 15k. I know not all schools will exactly match that but that seems prettttty far off from no FA…it’s funny how they all think they know what they’re talking about just because I’m a kid and they’re adults. I’m seriously tempted to fake an account for my mom just to ask the same questions and see if I’m treated differently.</p>
<p>My parents are the farthest thing possible from helicopters, and it’s a blessing and a curse.</p>
<p>Haha I’m just glad my parents aren’t on here. Because they’re not fluent in English.</p>
<h2>And speaking of residency, one parent apparently knows more about the residency requirements at UT than the admission counselors that I talked to when I visited. Amazing! Maybe they should apply for a job in the admissions office because they clearly have a ton of free time on their hands.</h2>
<p>I would be careful about that. The admissions people are trying to get you into the school. The information they give you might be technically true but may make the process sound easier than it really is.</p>
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<p>Same case here. That and they know nothing about college other than the fact that it cost money to attend to.</p>
<p>The parents on this forum are just as bad, if not worse, than the ■■■■■■ on 4chan.</p>
<p>^ Lol, that comparison made me laugh out loud. XD</p>
<p>Anyway… sorry to hear about your bad experiences. There are some pretty nice parents out there though – I posted a thread in the Parents’ Forum once about a personal problem I had, and all the replies were very helpful and supportive.</p>
<p>Some of the parents are really insightful… :)</p>