<p>to your post #484, you don’t understand what it’s like to have such parents. it sounds like you have supporting parents. </p>
<p>don’t say you’ll never speak to your parents that way. you don’t know what it’s like to be criticized 24/7, especially when i’m asian, and i’m not smart, yet my mom still expects me to become a pharmacist, LMAO.</p>
<p>yeah you are kind of thoughtless. just because you have better parents, you really don’t understand, do you?</p>
<p>i wonder about that too. i actually just want to be american. lol</p>
<p>Geez, I didn’t think that there were Asian parents who are that stereotypical. My chill Native American parents will be happy as long as I am happy and avoid the alcoholism that afflicts like half of my tribe.</p>
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we’re talking about koreans, chinese, indian</p>
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I was aware of that and acknowledged that</p>
<p>being asian does honestly suck. i haven’t gone out more than 15 times with my friends in all my 3 yrs of high school combined. every time i’m out, i feel like i’m doing something bad and i should be home studying. </p>
<p>i don’t mean to whine. but you don’t want asian parents. trust me. my mom thinks 100 hours of community service is enough. hardly. she just wants me to study study study. i really don’t get it. she gets upset when i don’t…</p>
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<p>Aw, I’m sorry. I probably go out with my friends around 15 times a month.</p>
<p>Since he likes your brother, he probably just doesn’t like you… I don’t think it has to do with college.</p>
<p>/old thread</p>
<p>i actually wonder what happened to OP. lol</p>
<p>He/She is a junior at Duke.</p>
<p>Heehee…(s)he didn’t do too badly, then.</p>
<p>overrated, I’m surprised your parents only want you to study all day, if that isn’t an exaggeration. Although if you tell them ECs like community service (if that’s what you sincerely enjoy doing lol) and building connections with friends is important to getting into the opposite of McDonald’s, I’m pretty sure they’d agree to your wishes. ;)</p>
<p>Whoa, I’m your antithesis. ‘As long as you are contented and fulfilled, kid.’ :D</p>
<p>haha I have asian parents and they’re really chill but i know other asians who have INTENSE parents and it truly sucks. I feel like in the end those kids aren’t going to get much out of an education. I mean what’s the point of education anyway? to learn. When college admissions become a duty or just another fancy title to dangle in front of others, the actual value of knowledge and learning fades a bit. From my experience, kids with those parents tend to put less emphasis on the actual pursuit of knowledge and just study because their parents told them that that’s what Harvard or Princeton wants.</p>
<p>At least you have parents who are supportive and have the financial means to support you.</p>
<p>You’re *****ing and there’s people out there that don’t have the financial or emotional support. Someone call the waaaaahbulance.</p>
<p>i’m very sorry. But I don’t understand why you don’t at least apply to the Ivies? I mean, if that’s all it takes to make your dad happy… It doesn’t even mean you’re gonna go there</p>
<p>Cool Asian parents FTW! They love Harvard and the Ivys but apart from me trying to get in, they’re more like “do whatever is good for you and makes you happy.”</p>
Wow this thread is dead silent.
Harvard is pretty overrated, it’s a decent school without a doubt but definitely overrated to a fair extent. Acceptance into Yale or Princeton really isn’t much different, and there’s a bunch of other decent prestigious colleges not in the ivy league.
It’s also far from the end of the world if you’re not accepted into Harvard or any other ivy, so just speak with your parents about this.
It’s dead silent because it’s 6 years old! Don’t post to old threads.