Pessimist Mom getting on my nerves... What should I do?

<p>Honestly, I think you're lucky. My parents are way too OPTIMISTIC. They believe that I'm going to get into at least one of the HYPS schools and I'm so freaked out about disappointing them. Better to prove a pessimistic mother wrong than to disappoint an optimistic one, I say.</p>

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<p>Mitsu I feel you on so many levels. It's not just my parents though it's my entire family. I wasn't the "golden child" in high school (freshman year especially) that I once was......and they still all think I'm going to Brown or something.</p>