<p>Hello everyone!</p>
<p>For the past month I've been facing a dilemma with my parents; probably the biggest of my life thus far. But for now, a little background.</p>
<p>I am a 17 year old male who lives in Northern Virginia. I have a 4.1 GPA and a 1960 SAT- 1370 M+CR). I have been accepted to all of the colleges I applied to and narrowed it down to 3: JMU (possible full scholarship), Virginia Tech (first choice) and George Mason University (My parent's all-time favorite). I declared my major as chemistry, and I plan on attending dental school in 4 years. My parents have both been to college but never lived away from home or dormed. I am the 1st generation to be born here.</p>
<p>Basically put, my dad wants me to go to George Mason University due to its proximity to home and so I can be controlled for the next 4 years of my life. Recently, they yelled at me for the most pointless reasons: being on Twitter, on the phone, etc. but never catch me when I'm studying, doing homework, etc. It was so bad that they told me I can forget about Virginia Tech and that I only have 3 choices: GMU, Community College, or get a job at McDonalds because "hopefully by the time all of your friends graduate college, you'll probably become a manager or something" his words verbatim. I can never hang out with friends, and everything I do isn't enough.</p>
<p>I completely understand his concern; that I won't try hard in college, that he'll miss me too much, that college isn't safe....... but right now I'm a 4th quarter senior and I barely get any homework. I feel like I can convince him if I just approach it perfectly. I cannot stay here any longer because my parents love to have control. I was planning on waiting for the scholarship decision from JMU and then have the talk? </p>
<p>Its mainly a freedom struggle; one that I have no idea of winning. And to top it off, deadlines for colleges are in 2 weeks. I'm running out of time! HELP.</p>