<p>Your parents have set up this parameter because they want you to stay within about 3 hours from home.</p>
<p>How much will your parents be contributing towards your college? Will they pay their entire EFC? More? less? If they will be paying very little, or none, their opinion doesn’t really matter that much (sorry, that’s my opinion, and I’m a mom).</p>
<p>However, if they will be paying for your college costs, then you have to consider their opinions.</p>
<p>You just need to ask them…what is their big issue? distance? money? what?</p>
<p>What are your stats? Perhaps if some further away college would give you lots of merit money, they may change their minds… :)</p>