<p>For me, my parents have a few they have in mind but solely based on location.
They don't look at school sites or ranks, but know about college reputations based on what others say.
They'll pay for any SAT/ACT prep, because they know they're very important, but don't know much about the tests themselves.
They pushed for AP classes and running start, but weren't strict about my GPA as long as nothing as below a B.
Despite all of this, they hold education to be very, very important. As in, taking a gap year, having less than a BA, and community college are not options. They're of Indian descent, so you can imagine. :)</p>
<p>My mom has her masters degree in poli sci, and a nursing degree. My dad chose to travel Europe instead of going to college, haha</p>
<p>I told my mom I needed $50 for an application fee. She informed me where I could find her debit card. That was pretty much the extent of her involvement. </p>
<p>She has taken several college courses but has not gotten a degree. </p>
<p>Told me to go to a non-prestigious (local) school and save money. It actually was a great choice listening to my parents as I’ve found a happy college life at a commuter school as well as having a lot of opportunities in my near future awaiting me
In other areas, I’ve held my ground and I get to make my own decisions and manage my own grades.</p>
<p>My mom has some college, no degree, dad has a degree in sociology at my same university.
Funny thing, I might end up working at the same utility company that my dad did for a majority of his life, just as an engineer ;)</p>
<p>My father has an associate’s degree and my mother went to trade school. They don’t really know anything about colleges, so I was entirely on my own in terms of researching colleges and thinking about majors, but they filled out the FAFSA when I asked them to and they will help me pay for college, and that’s what matters most. </p>
<p>My parents were college educated (nurse, engineer). They were immigrants. I’m actually the last son to be in college. They were willing to spend extra for prep books and seminars. Also, they pushed high grades and couldn’t tell the (workload) difference between AP and regular classes. My parents usually slipped comments about Ivy League or colleges that their friends’ kids attended. They pushed instate schools (mostly public). On a side note, they wouldn’t give me financial information for FASFA, because they decided to pay my entire education (they didn’t want me to experience debt). </p>
<p>Right now most of the college process is left for me to do. It took a while to get rid of misconceptions with my parents. My Dad at first would have preferred that I go to a cheaper school even though it doesn’t have a great program in what I need, and many fights were started over him calling me wrong when I told him that the best colleges usually give out the most financial aid (ex. A school like Harvard might theoretically be cheaper than Binghamton). The same thing happened when I tried to tell my Dad that PhDs were paid, and he just went insane and became mad at me because I was telling him information that he didn’t agree with. My Dad also would rather I do business or marketing instead of a STEM major because he thinks that money takes first precedence, even though STEM majors make a lot of money. I find this pretty strange because our financial situation is pretty alright (150-200k), even though we do spend a lot of money on stuff, like private high school and lots of house expenses.</p>
<p>So I just do everything myself, and they just take me on college visits and I guess they’ll pay for the application fees.</p>
<p>They don’t really push me academically, and they know that I put most of the pressure on myself to do well, so they are fine with that.</p>
<p>My Mom has a bachelors degree along with two masters degrees, one of them I know is either education or special education.
I think my dad has a bachelors degree but I’m not sure. He definitely did enough college to get a BA, but whether or not he go one I’m not sure. It was probably in communications.</p>
<p>@smallkid9 Why did they not fill out the FAFSA? It’s basically free money for most people, and they could have still paid for your education, just less.</p>
<p>From what I gathered from the conversation back then, they associated FAFSA with loans, and they were currently helping my other two brothers pay off their student loans (graduate school, med school, etc).
On a side note, I think my dad cracked the joke “We make too much money for you to get federal aid.” </p>
<p>My parents literally couldn’t care less. My mom and dad constantly tell us how important education is but they are not involved. My siblings and I literally have to do almost everything on our own. Even before middle school, my father made it clear that we eventually (well sooner rather than later) need to get out of the house and start supporting ourselves. The college process according to my father is: Harvard. Lol, my dad was practically dragged against his own will to my sister’s HS graduation this year. Though I gotta hand it to my dad for being such a dreamer. He bought me this expensive Harvard sweatshirt for my birthday only to tell me a week later that I’ll only be a janitor there. I have to admit that I actually like not having helicopter parents. And no, neither of them have gone to college.</p>
<p>I think my parents role in my college app is to check on me to make sure I am doing stuff that they want me to do, like hiding my phone occasionally, setting passwords on all my devices, monitoring what I say. But they don’t really get the college app process. Their job during early high school years was to pay for SAT classes or now pay for a college essay adviser to assist me in writing my essay. My mom didn’t go to college, so she thinks unless you go to Ivies or some equivalent college, you will live a miserable life. My dad is very laid back, all he does is to provide money for my education and college app process. Asian parents…</p>
<p>Indian parents, both college educated (doctor and stay at home mom).
Their involvement is mostly telling my that GPA is too low. Oh, and volunteering to pay for a trillion tutors to get me in to the highest ranked school possible (which is an offer that I refuse to take them up on).
Tbh though, they end up not being really involved. Like, they pretty much just tell me to get my crap together.
Love my parents though - I think they’re the right mix of supportive, but not helicoptering.</p>
<p>they are paying for costs of college. but that is the best they can do. i was alone in terms of education from middle school. studied what I loved and that’s the way for me. sometimes watching other people whinning over choice (why they are going to 10th not 1st ranked college) makes me think I’m lucky cause they don’t have knowledge to force me to do something I don’t like. being in a Asian wasn’t a problem as a result. </p>
<p>My parents have very little involvement. I’ve done all the research on my own, and I had to push myself to work hard in school and study for sat/act. I’ve worked really hard to have a chance at a prestigious school but they don’t want me to go to one!! I really want to go to Stanford, and my mom tried to bribe me to NOT apply because it’s on the other side of the country. At one point she told me I wasn’t allowed to apply and she did not like my response (I may have gotten a bit angry at her… Oops) They just want me to go to my local public school because it’s only 10min away. </p>
<p>They are not paying for my college either… I’m pretty sure I’m all on my own on that, with no job. </p>
bane of the middle class</p>