<p>Make deal with your father that you will pay for the applications at Yale or other schools that are not on his list AND that if your do not get enough financial aid (need or merit) to bring it in line with the schools he chose, that you will NOT ask to go there, will not ask to take on massive student loan debt, and will not burst out crying because you got accepted to Yale and cannot afford to go there. Write up a contract and sign it. Tell your father to seal it in an envelope and you can open it up and review it when each acceptance arrives. But FIRST, you need to know if he is willing to fill out the FAFSA and Profile forms disclosing all of his financial information. If he is not, then this is a moot discussion. The FAFSA information is on a GOVERNMENT website. The “.gov” address should convince him it is not a scam. Good luck.</p>