<p>My parents are not really involved. They place certain restrictions on me, like not being able to go far away and they expect me to have a career in mind (I have yet to convince them that college is about exploration). I researched all the schools and talked to them about their strenths and weaknesses, why I want to go there and why I don't. In a sense, I wanted them to know about the schools I am applying to and support me in my decision. At the end of the day, I applied to schools even without their support and approval. They only "made" me apply to NYU. </p>
<p>They never read any of my essays, did not fill out financial documents, never talked to my college mentor, and most certainly didn't call any of the schools. I decided which schools to visit and researched how to get there, etc.</p>
<p>Hmm, not very. They'll be excited when like a random flyer comes, but that's about it. When they found out about CC, they were like, hmm, are you this involved in getting into college? i was like, no hs forum is pretty cool :)</p>
<p>Not involved at all. They don't know what colleges I want to go to, which ones accepted me, or which one gave me scholarships. I just told them to fill out the fafsa forms and give them back, and thats about how involved they are.</p>
<p>My father is grossly ignorant when it comes to the college admissions process--he seems to be living in another world at times.</p>
<p>My mother is an adviser at a college, and has been deeply involved in my 2 older siblings' admissions processes. However, she usually lets me make my own decisions and find my own schools/programs/etc. She gives advice and asks questions, but at the end of the day, she knows I'm independent and informed enough to make my own decisions.</p>
<p>My parents are not really involved with the college admissions process. Kind of funny, actually because my parents are Asians. But anyway, they just want me to get into the college of my choice which I am very worried about. ><;</p>
<p>I had to lie to my parents about my SAT scores, because they refused to pay for a retest if I scored over 1800 (much less 2300). And I worked all last summer to pay for all of my AP tests...so I guess that tells you how involved they are, haha.</p>
<p>So, hey, those of you with helicoptor parents - be glad they at least care.</p>
<p>yeah my parents haven't been involved. they were all like, "just go to uw-madison" i mean it's a great school and would have saved a lot of money, but it didn't feel like a school i wanted to go to. i mean my parents will pay for my SAT and AP tests and application fees, but that's the most they do.</p>
<p>My mom is Korean and my dad is Dominican. They both speak broken English, don't know a thing about the college admissions process, and they haven't been able to help me out even with high school things. So, also they are VERY encouraging and loving, they haven't been able to help me much with anything. I've had to do the research and hard work by myself.</p>
<p>This isn't a WOE IS MEEEEEE post but just...the facts.</p>
<p>I make sure my mom stays out of it as much as possible. She gets too concerned over little things of no consequence if i show her my essays, etc. My dad doesn't care. I got accepted into Michigan and Texas without any help from them.</p>
<p>I'm a junior. My parents are ALWAYS telling me that I should stop fretting so much over it. They're pretty laid back, especially relative to most Asian parents.</p>
<p>And I basically had to do everything myself. I basically had to be self-motivated enough to get good grades, take AP's, ect. Which is how it should be but some support would have been nice.</p>
<p>As for the admissions process, that was all me again. It wasn't until I got my first acceptance from U of Cincinnati that my mom even thought to ask where I had applied. And she wasn't happy. A lot of people in this town go to HCC and that's not what I want. So now she has some deluded idea in her mind that that's where I'm going despite the $18,000 grant I received. I also had to file the FAFSA by myself.</p>
<p>My sister has helped some, and she payed for one of my applications. But I've gotten next to no supposrt otherwise from anybody on anything. Whatever, I am now officially prepared for the real world.</p>
<p>They are semi involved, I guess. My mom didn't believe me when I told her that I get an extra point from UC's for each AP/honors course that I take because one of her friends said that it isn't true. So my mother marched up to the principal's office and asked the principal and the principal agreed with me. lol.</p>
<p>my parents know where i applied. they know i've been accepted to the school i want to go to. thats about it. noo idea what the SAT is. its kinda funny actually. my mother was surprised to learn that i speak french nearly fluently! </p>
<p>when i explained to my mother what the CSS profile and FAFSA are, she offered to do them for me, but...i have to poke her about it every step of the way. i completed and submitted my CSS last night, applied for a FAFSA pin, got the worksheets for her, read the instructions for her...</p>
<p>My parents (mostly my mom) were VERY involved. Not so much that they made the final decision for me, though. Anyway, it was nice, because I didn't know what the heck I was doing, and the counselors, etc. at my school weren't as helpful as they could have been. Also, I'm very indecisive, and so I needed their advice. In the end, I think I picked something we all are happy with, so it worked out.</p>
<p>Oh, and my mom posts here on CC (though she hasn't much lately.)</p>
<p>I'd say my folks are pretty involved, it's more being aware of stuff- like how this all works and definitely financial aid stuff. They've never tried to push a certain school, mostly because mom never went to college and dad understands that his school isn't the only one that exsists. That said, dad does know a little more about college stuff. Mom does her best to follow along though, she tries.</p>
<p>My parents didn't know what AP's were until I started taking them. They didn't know what the SAT II's were, either. (My mom's not american)</p>
<p>Basically, they're just like "go where you think you'll be happy." They're not really involved. But then, I'm still a junior and we haven't started to look into the logistics yet.</p>