<p>Dear firehose,</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice. Yes, I do have a wide range of interests – but then again, how can you expect a high school student to know for certain what he/she wants to do in life, when for years they have only been exposed to a broad liberal-arts education? I am not really considering pursuing a career in business, but I just think it might be worthwhile to have a business degree during university. Working in the armed forces is also something I am really just slightly considering right now – the odds of that is really not that high. <strong>And no, I am not such a baller that I think I will get into all of these programs. It would be completely ridiculous for me to expect that confidently – nobody can really. And when did I say that I think I will get into all of these prestigious schools? I am just merely making a list of possible schools I would like to apply to this autumn, because I do not want to waste money applying to schools that are not suitable for my interests right now.</strong> </p>
<p>I’m not an American citizen, and even if I was, my parents will not let me apply to the military academies. I am just saying that working in the armed forces is something that I possibly might do. </p>
<p>Thank you again for your suggestions, and for everyone else’s so far on this forum.</p>