<p>take them to see "Bend It Like Beckham" :)</p>
<p>I never knew this happened for males too, but you could ummm.... join the Army?</p>
<p>NJ, they saw the movie. Didn't help. But as for the list of schools, I've wanted to go to UPenn's Wharton School since 7th grade, and I know thats not happening. Of the schools I am applying to, these give merit aid: NYU, Vanderbilt, UGA, WashU, Chicago (I would love to land one of the 30 full tuitions there), USC, and Carnegie Mellon. I also have about 20K in outside scholarships.</p>
<p>Here are some stats:
Perfect SATs and SAT IIs
class rank 2/445
240 on the PSAT, hoping for NM Finalist
5 AP 5's, 1 4 (AP Spanish, god i hate languages)
Bunch of math and science competition awards, and a handful of writing things.</p>
<p>Wow, you really really need to shake your parents off your back, painfully or otherwise. If you stay in Memphis, it will be a real waste of talent. Vanderbilt is close enough to home that you might be able to negotiate it with the parents, but you should honestly be aiming higher. Those stats are HYPS material, and I think you'd be bored *<strong><em>less if you're stuck in Tennessee. I have a feeling you'll get a lot of aid, and you can work/borrow for the rest. Whatever your cultural background, you just can't allow your life to be dictated like this. Don't let your parents *</em></strong> all of your hard work away.</p>
<p>I don't understand your parents at all. With stats like that you would easily get into a very good school with quite a bit of money also. I think your parents should be proud to have son like you and they should be bragging about you and sending you off to Harvard and the like (I know my parents would). Why would they come to the US if they didn't want you to recieve the best education possible, which means going to someplace other than a memphis college? If they wanted their kids to stay grounded adn conservative they should've stayed in India (sorry if I sound rather callous about it all).</p>
<p>lie... tell them that you will marry anyone they choose if they allow you to pick your college, then after you grad just pull out of the deal, im not sure if this will work but its worth a try.... I also live in memphis(for a grand total of 5 weeks), basically it sucks i will feel sooooo sorry for you if you have to stay here</p>
<p>wow, those stats are amazing. I would say harvard and yale are definitely possible and the rest of the ivys are matches. I suggest you run away from home. I don't know how you would get money, but thats the best thing to do (<em>sarcasm</em>)</p>
<p>stand up for yourself. I would go around looking for someone to finance you. I know ppl who participated in programs like it. Basically someone "invest" in your education and you pay a reasonable amount of interest back upon graduation. Most of the time it is done as a good deed. My old neighbor was like a retired senior manager and a english teacher. They financed at least like 4 ppl through Princeton.</p>
<p>p.s. didnt see ur stats. With your stats it should not be difficult.</p>
<p>Apply to Wharton! And write about this in your essay - it's fascinating (compared to what other people typically write about) and shows that you are willing to take risks and be an independent thinker, although it is an internal struggle.</p>
<p>You never know until you try. You seem to have great academic qualifications and you might regret it for the rest of your life if you don't apply and just see what might happen.</p>
<p>You can get "independent" status once you are 18 but this is a legal term and requires a bit of work. I would contact financial aid offices to see what options you have.</p>
<p>Is there a Guidance Counselor at your school who can speak with your folks? How about a relative they like & trust who will speak on your behalf? You do indeed have great qualifications, but you can do exceptionally well wherever you go & always transfer once they realize you're serious & will continue to make them proud.</p>
<p>Perhaps ask them if you can apply to the schools they want AND a few of the schools your schools recommends that you apply to, particularly schools that have a lot of prestige & give LOTS of money for exceptional scholars.</p>
<p>Good luck! Having a relative or other adult your parents respect advocate on your behalf could be very effective--you don't have much to lose & a LOT to gain.</p>
<p>How about male-only school? Maybe they'd let you go to one of those... if not, military schools pay for everything... or consider using GI bill.... kind of dangerous these days, but...</p>
<p>megalomaniac, do you go to lausanne by any chance?</p>
<p>Actually, nope, White Station.</p>