<p>I was just admitted to Georgetown(: But I really want to attend Duke. It's been my dream school since I was 5. The thing is my family has a long history of Georgetown Alumni. Both of my great great grandfathers, my great great grandmother, all of my great grandparents, my grandmother (maternal) and both my grandfathers, my dad and his 4 brothers, my mom and her brothers. My cousins older than me graduated from there or are still there. There's a lot of pressure for me to go there from my entire family. How do I tell them I'd rather go to Duke? I don't want to disappoint my parents?</p>
<p>Also my two brothers and sister went there too.</p>
<p>eddie, my friend, you must remind your parents that you are going to be the one spending four years at a specific institution, not them. They ultimately cannot make the decision for you–only you can submit your SIR. Besides, who said tradition was a good thing? Don’t be harsh about it, but be straightforward.</p>
<p>On another thread you seem to indicate you have a brother there. I’d take the tack that you want to chart your own path and not keep following your big brother from school to school.</p>
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only thing is that they’re paying for everything and they got so disappointed when I even told them i wanted to apply to Duke (apparently Georgetown really considers legacy). That’s why I applied behind their back and I got in somehow. So I don’t know what to do now…</p>
<p>Tell them you want a basketball team that can make it to the sweet sixteen once every four years.</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>As of parent myself, I wouldn’t want my child to choose a college to please me. Do you have specific reasons that you can point to for wanting to choose one over the other? Hopefully you can have an open and honest conversation with your parents to explain your position. They may be disappointed at first, and that is ok and understandable, but in the long run we all want our kids to be happy.</p>