How can i convince my parents to let me go to the college i want, in a grown up way?
2016-10-14 5:05 am
I want to go to a bigger school; i have gone to a small Catholic school my whole life. I want to be able to experience the real world more before its to late. My parents seem to think that i will only do well at a small school and want to get me to go to Spring Hill in Moblie. i'm not against that. I just want to experience something new; plus that is more expensive than going to LSU with outofstate. My dad always tells me not to worry about the finances and all, but its not that, i need to go to a bigger school in order to succeed in the major I'm planning on going into. i also have never really wanted to go to there, or really anywhere in AL, since it doesn't seem like me. My parents always mention small colleges anytime we talk about college, is there a way that i can convince them that they don't really know the real me, or I'm not really the person they think me to be. i just want them to realize overtime i think of going to LSU and going into their Mass Communications program i get excited. i have been planning lots of my classes in order to be able to go to LSU. my parents haven't been doing this with my older sister, she is a senior and I'm a junior in high school, and i tend to be more social than her. She probably is going to LSU and med school, but i was told to consider other option because she is going there and my mom doesn't want me to follow in her footsteps, not because its smart. what can i do to help them realize what i want considering its my future?
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2016-10-14 5:14 am
College is your choice, not theirs. You do not have attend the school they pick; you can move anywhere you want and attend any school you want. You don't have to convince them. Just go.
Of course, they may choose not to fund you, but that is their right.
Pay for it yourself -- perhaps you will earn full scholarships -- and you can go, and do, whatever you want once you graduate from high school.
Cut the financial ties and -- poof! -- freedom.
(You can't have it both ways. They have a right to spend their money how they see fit... and if they choose to spend it on you at a specific school, and NOT to spend it on you if you attend a different school, that is their choice.)
Of course, they may choose not to fund you, but that is their right.
Pay for it yourself -- perhaps you will earn full scholarships -- and you can go, and do, whatever you want once you graduate from high school.
Cut the financial ties and -- poof! -- freedom.
(You can't have it both ways. They have a right to spend their money how they see fit... and if they choose to spend it on you at a specific school, and NOT to spend it on you if you attend a different school, that is their choice.)
2016-10-14 3:24 pm
First, talk to your parents and try to find out why it is that they want a small school for you. You can't argue against their position unless you can address their concerns, so find out their reasons, and their concerns. Then, in a separate meeting, address those concerns.
You need to apply to more than one college, anyway. Why can't you apply to Spring Hill, LSU, and some others? Perhaps those others can include some "compromise" colleges - bigger than Spring Hill, but smaller than LSU, if size is your parents' main concern. See where you get in. See what the costs end up looking like after non-loan financial aid. Then decide.
If you do end up at a smaller school, do things to make it into a "big school, big opportunity" experience. For example, do a national student exchange to someplace big for a term or a year, or an international student exchange. Do a summer program at NYU or someplace else that's amazing, really different, and good in your major. Do an internship - first, a local one, as that's easier to get, but then, the next summer, using the experience from the local one, do one in a big city.
You need to apply to more than one college, anyway. Why can't you apply to Spring Hill, LSU, and some others? Perhaps those others can include some "compromise" colleges - bigger than Spring Hill, but smaller than LSU, if size is your parents' main concern. See where you get in. See what the costs end up looking like after non-loan financial aid. Then decide.
If you do end up at a smaller school, do things to make it into a "big school, big opportunity" experience. For example, do a national student exchange to someplace big for a term or a year, or an international student exchange. Do a summer program at NYU or someplace else that's amazing, really different, and good in your major. Do an internship - first, a local one, as that's easier to get, but then, the next summer, using the experience from the local one, do one in a big city.
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