<p>If you were rejected or deferred, how did your parents take it? I was deferred, and my parents were like "well you were deferred at one of the most pretigious colleges in the US, I consider that an honor/achievement". Definitely looking at the bright side of things.</p>
<p>sry I meant to post this in the stanford board.</p>
<p>o this is the stanford board, wow im a fool sometimes.</p>
<p>My parents were pretty mad.</p>
<p>My parents were very supportive. They knew I did everything I could. The two valedictorians from my school last year got deferred and ended up at Stanford and MIT, respectively. Don't lose hope!</p>
<p>my parents started blaming each other. they didn't mention it directly but I knew what ticked them off, and I wished I'll never wake up.</p>
<p>My parents were more worried about me taking it well <3.</p>
<p>Haha, a hour before decisions came out, mom told me she wanted me to go to MIT anyway :P</p>
<p>it's nice kids like you guys that make me feel guilty for being one of the lucky ones.</p>
<p>LOL. My parents didn't even know I applied.</p>
<p>LOL mirror of dirt touche basically the same here. you guys are so lucky...i have to do everything myself and although my parents support me, for college apps its just me</p>
<p>^ Ouch! Are you serious?</p>
<p>Haha, for 1337hax0r and me, apparently so. Which is strange, because they paid for my online app, but it slipped their minds...?</p>
<p>My parents suggested applying to Stanford just for kicks, they don't care if I get rejected or accepted. As long as I'm happy with where I end up, they'll be happy for me~ I ended up getting deferred, so they were more than pleased. I personally didn't think I'd even get deferred =P</p>
<p>They were really nice about it...which actually made me feel worse. </p>
<p>And they're already talking about how i'll definitely get in through regular. sigh.</p>
<p>^ San Mateo High? :)</p>
<p>lol... i'm applying to RD, but my mom don't even support me applying to top colleges.. i feel alone too.. but i'm happy..</p>
<p>lol.. my mother, i think, was happy at heart.. for my whole life, pretty much, i've been set on ED to upenn, where my dad works and i get a 75% discount. then this summer i changed my mind, realizing that upenn simply wasnt my type of school, regardless of the money.. </p>
<p>mother didn't take that too well. it took me a while to convince her</p>
<p>now i can safely apply to penn again (fortunately, she doesn't know that penn is pretty far down on my college list)</p>
<p>as for my dad ... he was just like "whatever".</p>
<p>I should first mention that both my parents are Chinese, as in "getting into HYPS means everything in life". When I first found out that I was deferred, they were surprisingly calm about it, saying that they know how hard it is to get in. Later, they became kinda aggressive and really started pressuring me to apply to as many other colleges as possible. I think they basically lost all confidence in me at that point.</p>
<p>So now I'm being forced to apply to 8 more colleges, and it was a lot of fun begging teachers to write me recs the last day before finals. I also have about 10 new essays that I need to write over my winter break now.</p>
<p>Doesn't it suck how one little decision can change the course of your life so much?</p>
<p>Hahaha, my parents so took it worse than me. They were scared I'd kill myself :P Then they're like, whatever, we want you to go to Wharton anyway</p>
<p>LOL, same here. My parents were more worried about how I'd handle it.</p>