<p>My mom is nuts. She keeps waking me up and yelling at me over small, insignificant things. I used to think that I would miss staying at home but I can’t wait for college. Today, for instance, she yelled at me for a complete accident. She kept calling me “stupid” which really annoyed me. But of course, being Asian, if you stand up for yourself they get even more ****ed and you get into way more trouble. </p>
<p>I’m 17 now dammit I don’t need to take this.</p>
<p>I feel like if you can’t please your parents for working to not only your full maximum potential, but probably the maximum potential of everyone else combined, then there’s no pleasing your parents. You’ll have to let them cry all the way to Ivy League acceptance letters 
no offense to your parents</p>
<p>I wish I had asian type parents! My parents actually discouraged me from taking AP courses and from studying too much! So of course as a kid, that was fine with me so I just messed around and hardly did anything productive with my life.</p>
<p>It was not until later that I acquired my own work ethic and began to realize all the things I had missed out on and how far I had fallen behind by slacking off in school. It sucks having to play catch-up to develop the study habits and prior knowledge that every other serious student already has from years of hard study!</p>
<p>So be thankful that your parents instilled you with good values!</p>
<p>Hmm… my Asian momma doesn’t freak about test scores… (: maybe your parents should be a little more educated on about test scores.</p>
<p>* Also, after talking with some of my other Asian friends, I feel like there’s this notion among Asians that test scores are EVERYTHING.*</p>
<p>For parents, YEP</p>
<p>I’m a girl…</p>
<p>Yeah… because I’m not the greatest test taker in the world…I really try my best in other ECs…
I am an awareness captain for Habitat for Humanity…(basically arrange presentations + assemblies etc)
I recently got chosen to be a student officer of the MUN Club (which is the largest club in our school) and have held various leadership positions throughout the club.
I’m an assistant director in the drama department of our school, which is the highest position a student can hold in the whole drama department because the director is our drama teacher.
I’m heading off to the Ivy Scholars Summer program at Yale, which is a very selective leadership program for kids…and I was lucky enough to get selected. </p>
<p>Even though my SAT test scores aren’t that good, I had a 4.03 in my first semester as a sophomore and a 4.02 in my second semester. I took an AP in my freshman year (which isn’t allowed in my school but I got permission from the administration) and got a 4, and I’m waiting for my AP World History score to come out…</p>
<p>I recently won a department award in Social studies in my school, which is an award that is given to 1 or 2 students in the whole school… and yet I got a 760 in my SAT World History…</p>
<p>YOU DOCTA’ YET?</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>All kidding aside, have a straight talk with them. Tell them that their expectations are unreasonable (but don’t say that - they might get offended) and that you’re doing the best you possibly can.</p>
<p>If nothing comes out of this, still know that they love you (though it may seem hard to believe)!</p>
<p>My parents used to be like this (my dad at least)… but since then their expectations have lowered abit. LOOL.</p>
<p>Anyways, good luck!</p>
<p>As a fellow Asian:</p>
<p>Your parents do this because they care about you and love you. This may not be the best approach to show their love, but they have good intentions.</p>
<p>Try to have a talk about them. Their attitude is not motivating you…</p>
<p>Good luck, and remember - when you go to college, you can have fun and a lot of freedom. Think of HS as a stepping stone to college. </p>
<p>Stay strong.
This will be over before you know it.</p>
<p>I think you should show them that you study so hard. And they will realize that you do the best</p>
<p>it is different from my parents. what they try to say is do not retake SAT and studying in my country is fine.</p>
<p>Don’t worry so much! Getting accepted into a college isn’t all about grades and test scores (although they are still important). Universities want to see you as a well-rounded person, so try to take as many subject tests in different subject areas as possible. Also, brush up on your EC’s, GPA, and other areas to perfect your application. Remember, usually a 750+ score on the subject tests is competitive enough for you to get into a good college.</p>
<p>Show them that MIT blog in #16. If they don’t become a little less overbearing after that, just do your best and realize that if you get rejected from a college it probably had nothing to do with your test scores.</p>
<p>Tell your counselor or someone because your parents getting angry at those ridiculously high scores means that they don’t know how to be parents. That’s just mean and rude. With that high or a score, it shows that you know a lot about the subjects that you took the tests in.</p>