Comments on: FELL IN LOVE WITH YALE BUT MY PARENTS FO… http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/ F*ck My Life @ Yale Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: anon http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-10363 anon Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:12:50 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-10363 +1 so true. i had a friend in high school whose parents wouldn't even pay for her to go to state school, and since she didn't get enough aid, she had to go to community college for two years. +1

so true. i had a friend in high school whose parents wouldn’t even pay for her to go to state school, and since she didn’t get enough aid, she had to go to community college for two years.

]]> By: Touch the cornballer! You know best! http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9480 Touch the cornballer! You know best! Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:23:52 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9480 OP, don't listen to all the harsh people. They're probably all just bitter because they would have chosen Harvard if they'd gotten in. People, not everyone comes from a relaxed family. Throughout my time at Yale, my friends have struggled with parents only paying on certain conditions, such as not being gay or not majoring in the humanities. For all we know, the OP comes from a culture where obedience to parents is paramount, even at 18. Think of all the people out there who can't even go to Harvard/Yale/whatever because their parents refuse to pay for anything other than state school, or because their parents refuse to let them go so far away. Basically, just don't judge people for how their relationship with their parents works, because these things are complicated. OP, I hope you can maybe talk your parents into seeing reason and letting you come to Yale. It really is better here, and they do accept transfers :) OP, don’t listen to all the harsh people. They’re probably all just bitter because they would have chosen Harvard if they’d gotten in.

People, not everyone comes from a relaxed family. Throughout my time at Yale, my friends have struggled with parents only paying on certain conditions, such as not being gay or not majoring in the humanities. For all we know, the OP comes from a culture where obedience to parents is paramount, even at 18. Think of all the people out there who can’t even go to Harvard/Yale/whatever because their parents refuse to pay for anything other than state school, or because their parents refuse to let them go so far away. Basically, just don’t judge people for how their relationship with their parents works, because these things are complicated.

OP, I hope you can maybe talk your parents into seeing reason and letting you come to Yale. It really is better here, and they do accept transfers :)

]]> By: Mistaken http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9475 Mistaken Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:50:38 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9475 It's called making your own damn choices (especially a huge one that the you earned, not your parents). If you can't do it by senior year in high school, you shouldn't be going to college. It’s called making your own damn choices (especially a huge one that the you earned, not your parents). If you can’t do it by senior year in high school, you shouldn’t be going to college.

]]> By: oh please. http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9455 oh please. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:15:05 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9455 you gotta learn how to play the game. are parents going to want to say, "oh, yeah, billy got into harvard and yale, but he's not going to be attending either next year since we refused to pay his way to _____." it's called civil disobedience. some of us learned how to use it early on. others...apparently not. you gotta learn how to play the game. are parents going to want to say, “oh, yeah, billy got into harvard and yale, but he’s not going to be attending either next year since we refused to pay his way to _____.”

it’s called civil disobedience. some of us learned how to use it early on. others…apparently not.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9453 Anonymous Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:10:22 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9453 Shut up, guys. You think people can just go where they choose if their parents don't want to fund them? It's easy for you to say "pay for college yourself" if you're on financial aid and only need to cover a few thousand a year. It's harder if your parents are capable of paying your way to Yale, but won't because they want you to go to Harvard. Without financial aid, that's 54k a year and growing. How's any student supposed to come up with that themselves? That's the way financial aid works. If your parents are capable of funding you, you won't be funded. Shut up, guys. You think people can just go where they choose if their parents don’t want to fund them? It’s easy for you to say “pay for college yourself” if you’re on financial aid and only need to cover a few thousand a year. It’s harder if your parents are capable of paying your way to Yale, but won’t because they want you to go to Harvard. Without financial aid, that’s 54k a year and growing. How’s any student supposed to come up with that themselves?

That’s the way financial aid works. If your parents are capable of funding you, you won’t be funded.

]]> By: Kid http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9449 Kid Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:09:36 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9449 Grow up Grow up

]]> By: Hey http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9436 Hey Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:44:35 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9436 If they're paying the bills, sometimes they want to call the shots. My parents were like that with the classes I should take. Rather than fight and lose, I've just stopped telling them. Sorry OP! As much as we mock Hahvahd, it's still a great school. Good luck to you! If they’re paying the bills, sometimes they want to call the shots. My parents were like that with the classes I should take. Rather than fight and lose, I’ve just stopped telling them.

Sorry OP! As much as we mock Hahvahd, it’s still a great school. Good luck to you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9434 Anonymous Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:46:24 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9434 You never know. Maybe they're those type of parents that keep a "naughty whip" on their wall. You never know. Maybe they’re those type of parents that keep a “naughty whip” on their wall.

]]> By: sucks for you... http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9433 sucks for you... Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:43:19 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9433 agree. at least make the most of it and major in engineering or math or something. otherwise, it honestly wasn't worth it. agree.

at least make the most of it and major in engineering or math or something. otherwise, it honestly wasn’t worth it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yalefml.com/2010/07/18/fell-in-love-with-yale-but-my-parents-fo/#comment-9431 Anonymous Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:55:21 +0000 http://yalefml.com/?p=14892#comment-9431 Your parents didn't FORCE you to do anything. Grow up. Your parents didn’t FORCE you to do anything. Grow up.

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