<p>To YoMama: Yeah, my dad is a sensible and intelligent man, and I'm pretty sure that he will discover CC in the next few months, because he has stumbled across the site, but he doesn't know anything about the message boards, I'll let him discover this hidden gem on his own . :) . I started dance late, because my dad couldn't afford to pay for the lessons back when most girls began taking dance. I decided to do basketball and track, and I was good, but I didn't enjoy it. I brought up the idea of doing dance after I had discovered a dance studio in my neighborhood, and it took him two years for me to convince him about dance and for him to let go of his dreams of me being a possible recruited athlete. Now my dad is my biggest supporter in dance. The scenario that you painted out about my dad wigging out, but eventually hearing what I truly want, kind of reminded me of when I was first beginning dance. Hopefully, it wouldn't take him as long to accept my choice of schools as he did with my choice to dance, because the time is rolling around. </p>
<p>TheDad: I haven't really posted my academic profile, because I haven't officially taken any of the SATs (even though I do have an idea of what I might get on the real thing, because I have taken lots of practice tests and have been scoring around the same score each time). I don't believe in the whole "what are my chances" thing, because while some people may have better chances statistically than other people, at the end of the day a person does not have a chance at all if they do not even bother applying to the school. If you really want me to, I can post up a profile, but I don't want it to resort to an Affirmative Action debate (as I have seen countless of times on this board, htough not on the Parent's Forum section). Hopefully, you meant that as a compliment about the way I write my posts.</p>
<p>To cheers: My dad has been in the US. since he was 18; he has traveled to so many places, and my dad has moved our family to so many states that I would think that he would be all "culture shocked" out. </p>
<p>To Mombot and Adad: I didn't get a chance to read that story when it came out. That story sounds sad. The kid got into a good school, but the parents still view him as a failure because he was rejected from an ivy. My heart goes out to him, hopefully his parents saw what a great kid he was before any chance of mending their relationship with him was destroyed. No doubt that he probably started to distance himself from his parents once he got to college or will become fed up with trying to meet their expections if he hasn't already.</p>