Making a list of colleges, avoiding family drama

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>My aunt would like me to apply to her college. This is across country. The college is great, it is a top ten LAC. She also still works closely with the college, going to events, helping with admissions interviews, things like that. My stats are good and with her there, I am sure I will get in.</p>

<p>Problem is, she is not without drama. She is my mom's half sister. She has no kids, just a career. She was never really interested in me, until recently. Now, when she gets me alone, she tells me how terrible my mom is. She actually had the nerve to tell me that my dad only married my mom because she trapped him! My aunt has never been married and seems to be very jealous of my mom. My parents are always nice to her. To top it off, my grandparents got in to a big custody battle when they were growing up, and my grandma made the kids all pick. My mom did not side with my grandma, who is also my aunt's mom. </p>

<p>I don't feel like spending the next four years in all that drama. I think I need to just look elsewhere. There are so many good colleges anyway. But I just cannot help but feel like, I know I can get in to that one, maybe I need to apply there anyway, as a back up? What would you do? And simply telling my aunt off is not what I am wanting to do.</p>

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<p>In terms of applying to the LAC, I think you should go for it if you’re interested in the college. Even small colleges have relatively big populations, so I doubt you’ll run into your aunt too much.
But you should really deal with your aunt talking to you behind your mom’s back. You don’t have to be dramatic about it, just try to change the subject the next time she brings it up. Keep doing that, and she should take the hint eventually. If she presses on even after you try to change the subject, tell her that you don’t want to talk about this, and hold your ground. She can think and do whatever she pleases, but she doesn’t have the right to involve you in it. Make it clear that you’re tired of it.</p>