I didn't mean to be depressing...

I've been accepted into my top two choices schools!

Both schools have both their positive and their negative points so it is difficult to make a decision. However, I think I already know what school to go to.

Numerous people have asked me, "Did you talk to your parents about it?"

And my reply was no, because I dreaded the moment of telling them. I just knew what my ignorant parents would say.

Today, after I received a call from a student of the school that I got accepted into, I decided on a whim to finally tell my mother.

"Mom, I got accepted into two schools!"

Her response, "Is it a brand-name school?"

That was exactly what I thought she would say. During a meeting to discuss mainland colleges, the college and career counselor had joked, "You know the stereotype of Asian parents telling you to go to Harvard..."

Guess what? The horrible thing is that my parents fit that stereotype exactly! They do not know the first thing about colleges and my mom probably does not know any college except Harvard. She's probably never even heard of other equally well-known ivy league schools such as Princeton or Yale. She knows only Harvard. And not Harvard, the school, but Harvard, the NAME. She also wants me to be a doctor (like all other stereotypical Chinese parents!)

So even though the response didn't come as a surprise because I was expecting it, I didn't feel less...angry. She is not the kind of woman you can explain something to. I've tried for all of my life to talk to her. My brother and sister gave up long time ago because any kind of conversation with her ends up with angry shouts and profanity. I don't want it to be that way, so I try. But it is really impossible. And every time I try and fail in attempt, I feel like crying.