<p>to the OP I am sorry you parents are not valueing your terrific accomplishments ... I just wanted to add one thing ... in a few months you will be living at school and the level of your independence will go up tremendously ... so please hang in there until then </p>
<p>(And I'd also suggest you find other adults with whom you can openly discuss your future if that doen't work with your parents).</p>
<p>Renak - You should be very proud of yourself those scores are terrific. Don't let your parents ridiculas expectations spoil your achievment. My D's SATII scores 710,750 & 800 and she was accepted EA to Harvard. The best way to put-them-right is to go ahead and get into a top school and move on with your life.</p>
<p>Those are great scores. I think some Asian parents are ignorant of the whole college admission process, probably being new to this country. It does not help when these Asian parents get together at a party and hear other parents bragging about their kids perfect SAT cores, that's how the 800 stick in their mind. You probably need to educate them that these are great scores.</p>
<p>Or grow an extra long Mohawk and dye it green or pink or something. Your parents will switch their comments to your hair and lessen their complaints about your grades and scores. Worked for a kid I know. ;)</p>
<p>Tell your parents to F off you're fine.</p>
<p>does anyone else find this completely sickening?</p>
<p>hey, even people who get 400s on their sat can change the world. What does an sat actually say about u," Oh, I only did better than 95% of people on this test." You really must be a moron, haha. I did badly on my sat II. I am well beyond caring. You will be going to college, probably one thats amazing, and thats really all thats important. Tell your parents to get a life.</p>
<p>DON"T BE DEPRESSED!!!......IF anything I should be depresseder than you!...if thats even a word...LOL...I bombed My S.A.T the first time.....give your parents some green tea with extra ginseng...they'll calm down..trust me</p>
<p>If you weren't admitted to a top school, it wouldn't be because of your SATIIs. - They are definitely good enough. Are you the first child in your family applying to a US college? If yes, your parents probably don't know better. Drop me a private message if you'd like for me to talk to your parents.</p>
<p>Hm that's interesting. My parent's were like 750 or higher is great and weren't like 780 sucks and then I got 2 800's on my SAT II's. I think performance has an inverse relationship with pressure from parents. Best thing to do is not to worry and ride out the storm. They can't, no matter how ridiculous their standards are, still be angry after more than 3 weeks.</p>
<p>slap them.</p>
<p>no no no....Violence is not the answer!
Just duct tape their Lips!....LOLOL</p>
<p>A stage of growing up occurs when you can look at your parents, understand that they are crazy about some things and completely lack perspective (as they do in this case), and learn to not take it that seriously.</p>
<p>Until that happens to you, it's okay to do the other thing -- i.e. tell them to take their perfectionist, silly expectations and shove them up their ***es. Though I recognize you are about as likely to do this as fly to the moon.</p>
<p>By the way, just out of curiosity, are both your parents stud academics/scientists/thoroughly successful? 'Cause if not, then double shove it up their a**es. They probably couldn't have gotten those scores themselves.</p>
<p>Remember also, as Asian parents, they were much more than likely brought up to believe the way to motivate is to shame. That's how it's done in Asian classrooms (specifically North Asian). They'd probably respond the same way even if you'd gotten 800 on each -- if they could.</p>
<p>Sorry to break to you, but you are definitely out of the running for all the top50 colleges? 780? Come on! Pathetic.</p>
<p>I got a 2200 on the SAT, and only raised it 50 points in the past 2 months (last 2 sittings). They hate me. It's ok, because I know I will be attending a good college, even if it isn't MIT or Johns Hopkins (my dream schools).</p>
<p>It's times like these that allow me to be eternally grateful to have nonstereotypical Asian parents. Now I shall tell my parents I love them every day for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>I hope you feel better! Just ignore them. I got a 770 in Chem and I'm taking Math IIC in October, since I cancelled my score back in June (long story). Geez, if I had your typical Asian parents, I would be murdered right on the spot.</p>
<p>^^And you won't get into any colleges either. You'll probably in jail for the rest of your life. Sorry, I hate these loose talk.</p>
<p>Even more sickening than the unreasonable expectations of Asian parents are the unreasonable dependence of Asian kids on their parents for approval. Do the best you can and take what your parents say with a grain of salt. Fall semester of last year I had my best semester at Cornell (3 A+'s and 1 A), never told my parents my grades, went off to Africa, and didn't tell them until they asked two months into my spring semester. It simply wasn't a big deal to tell them the particulars since I was doing fine on my own. Take pride in your accomplishments and don't give a rat's @$$ about what other people think.</p>
<p>well my parents are the same...asians as well lol gosh i am still riding the depression after effects lol its terrible really</p>
<p>Dude, YOU HAVE AWESOME SAT II SCORES</p>
<p>Your parents are being unreasonable, irrational, and please don't mind me, but plainly obnoxious.</p>
<p>Tell them to shove the score report up their a**. I feel for you because I had a friend who had an Asian mother like that and she would beat him with kitchen tools if he wouldn't get A+'s. Just hold on until college................</p>