<p>how involved are your parents in helping you to get into college? mine dont do anything.</p>
<p>My parents were way too involved with my choices....made me apply to some Ivies, even when they knew I wanted LACs.</p>
<p>My parents are helpful if I ask them.. they aren't detached, but they didn't make me do anything, and are leaving the decision totally up to me (which make sense, because they also aren't paying)</p>
<p>My parents were half way across the globe. I talked to them through the phone and MSN messanger... They helped me with my choices (my bro too) We agreed on the colleges I would apply to and it worked out fine. They were the ones who told me about the college I'm actually going to goto (that i really didn't know about before whatsoever)</p>
<p>My parents helped me with whatever I asked. They gave me their opinions, but in the end basically I made my choices. They helped me to fill out the apps (especially FAFSA), helped me with my essays and the rest. It was great!</p>
<p>no help whatsoever.</p>
<p>If they could, they'd go with me to a college of their choice.</p>
<p>My parents gave up on me because the asian way never worked on me. When I started doing well they started hijacking the credit and my life and ruined my college applications and resorted to emotional and financial extortion once they realized I had the ability to live out their dreams of becoming a doctor. Fortunately I had good enough stats to get into good schools but it probably crippled me for applying to the top 5. Suffice it to say asian parents suck and should be shot.</p>
<p>Mine weren't involved at all, besides the FAFSA. Pretty much, as long as they could afford it, any college was fine.</p>
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<p>that's how mine are too. They're set on me being a rich, piano playing doctor who speaks chinese. I don't WANT to be a rich, piano playing doctor who speaks chinese. I hate science! hmph.</p>
<p>My parents left the search almost completely up to me, although they did push their alma mater on me for awhile. They took me to visit colleges (of my choosing) and paid my app fees. They also suggested an SAT prep course after they saw an article about Testmasters in the paper, but only because they knew I wasn't satisfied with my scores.</p>
<p>Polite Antagonis....Haha :)</p>
<p>My asian parents used to want me to become a doctor until I broke down last summer and cried and told them that I depise chemistry(and science in general) more than Bush (and mind you, I'm a liberal :) ) and they backed off a little. </p>
<p>If they could, they'd force me to go to Georgetown. I don't WANT to go to Gtown!!!! Gtown's too conservative for me. The school's frigging Jesuit for all I care. I don't want to go to a religious school. My first choice is University of Michigan and NYU. They'll "settle" for that.</p>
<p>They put me thru the Kaplan SAT classes...and I think they're set on me becoming a doctor again!!!! Time to cry and confess the fact that I despise science, AGAIN!!! :)</p>
<p>Anyways, my dad's fine with me studying whatever I want, but my mom seems like she's not. She always talks about doctors and how she regrets not becoming one...and she despises science too. Whatever, I'm just going to become a stockbroker, get my Wharton MBA, then become a Hedge Fund Manager. And at age 34 (stockbroker/stock trader 23-27, MBA 27-29, investment banker* 29-30, Hedge Fund Manager 30-34), I'll make more money than any doctor can ever make :) (mind you, hedge fund managers make like $2-5MM per year if you're good.) It beats bleeding until you're 32 for you engineering PhD.</p>
<p>Well anyways, they basically leave everything up to me now that I've made it clear that I DON'T want to do what they want me to do.</p>
<p>*Yes, I'm going to work 100 hours per week and bleed for my bonus, then quit.</p>
<p>ihateCA....I can sympathize....my parents are both doctors, and my bro is becoming one....I cried. twice. and told them that I hate science and can't do something that I hate for the rest of my life....will have to do it again soon I anticipate</p>
<p>i wish my parents would be more involved. we havent gone to look at any colleges and im a junior, and we dont even talk about college. my dad said after i get into some schools we might look at them but i dont even get to till maybe next year. what should i do? i really want them to be more involved</p>
<p>My parents: you're only applying to ivies and u of m! (i'm in-state, of course, AND i go to a public high school that has a 90%+ acceptance rate into umich =P)</p>
<p>I don't think they force me towards any particular career that much...or maybe that's because I usually say i wanna become a doctor...but my mom said she wouldn't mind me going into something finance-related either.........</p>
<p>oh yeah, AND i'm 100% chinese</p>
<p>My parents...did nothing. They didn't read my essays. My mom has even refused to file the FAFSA with me, because she thinks it isn't confidential, despite massive proof to the contrary.</p>
<p>So would you rather have parents who are too involved or not involved at all?</p>
<p>I would rather have parents that are educated, know how to listen and adapt to contrary viewpoints, and are supportive.</p>
<p>Sadly lots of people have dogmatic parents.</p>
<p>my mom and dad..didnt care what kinda schools my sisters went to hell they went to: sister 1: suny purchase then Art Institute of Boston(transfer)
sister 2: marymount-fordham...
all my parents care about is a school w/ good special ed support and all i want is really small classees</p>