<p>Hi. Parents I need your advice. I am an incoming senior applying to colleges soon and I have made the following list:
Safeties:
Louisiana Tech (full ride with my stats)
Temple University (full tuition 12000 stipend)
Match:
Denison University
Rhodes College
Missing one more
Reach:
Skidmore College (I like this one cuz I have a lot of family in New York)</p>
<p>The problem is I showed my dad the list and he keeps saying "don't limit yourself" and stuff while all of these colleges are respectable colleges and a lot are qualified liberal arts colleges. Just because he hasn't heard of them doesn't mean they aren't good colleges. He wants me to apply to places like Syracuse and Tulane. While I could get accepted he doesn't get the fact that I probably couldn't afford it. How can I explain without sounding disrespectful that he needs to get a reality check and that colleges don't just hand out full rides and my list needs to be realistic?</p>