<p>My mom keeps pressuring me to go to Dartmouth or Hamilton or Tufts, but in reality want to go to Humboldt State University. I'm so tired of her not hearing me.</p>
<p>Why do you want to go there? Why don't you want to go to one of the three schools you mentioned? Sit down, think about it, and bring the reasons to your mother. Listen to her concerns, then do more research in order to address them.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you could play hard-ball and say that you are applying to Humboldt, the end. But your mom may play the "That's nice. You can pay." card on you. I would suggest the first approach.</p>
<p>sounds a lot like me..my parents keep tryign to get me to apply to a seven year med program, which i don't want to go to b/c i'll feel locked into a career path i don't necessarily want. </p>
<p>sadly though, baelor's right. you might want to at least think about those first 3 schools as an option. it may turn out your way in the end.</p>
<p>Is geography the issue?</p>
<p>Quite the opposite, actually cronie. I live in California, so Humboldt is the closest school I'm even considering. I want to move far away, but I really want a different environment that draws a different kind of person. My mom wants a name.</p>
<p>that's too bad. maybe you should sit down and list all the reasons you'd rather go to humboldt than the other colleges. show her you're really serious, and that you've thought about it in a mature way. i finally got my parents to come around yesterday after weeks of arguing. (although I was arguing about which name-brand school to apply to ED.)</p>
<p>You could always just bomb all the essays on the college apps where you don't want to go.</p>
<p>Yeah, bomb them, as in . . . "I wouldn't go to Dartmouth/Hamilton/Tufts if they PAID me!" :]</p>
<p>Like the others have said, you should really talk to your mom about it. I mean, she probably just wants whats best for you. Give a good argument on why you're choosing that particular school over the others. I'm a horrible example of this, but try to be calm and persuasive as opposed to loud and ranting. In my experience, loud and ranting just makes your parents even more stubborn.</p>