How to deal with overbearing parents with extremely high expectations?

[ucbalumnus]

@Otterma

Then you can show them the other schools you like and say something like “Amherst and Grinnell have open curriculums just like Brown, so those are my backups”

Amherst and Grinnell probably would not be safeties for anyone. Also, Grinnell’s curriculum is not completely open, since it limits the number of credits one can take in a department and within a division (science, social studies, humanities).