I just can't get the thought through my head that my parents would think I would not go to college. I have worked way too hard to not go to college. I have basically everything a college would want (high SAT/ACT, pretty good GPA and a very well rounded extracurricular resume). I started looking/planning for college when my brother went to college (he's 7 years older than me) and its something they know I want to pursue.

My father often describes me as a "tough old broad" (its joking, I know its sounds bad out of context) because I do not let other people decide my plans for me. This has held true my entire life; why would he think that is changing now? It's one boy and I'm leaving in a year to go to school far down south (I'm talking going to school in Georgia or North Carolina when I live in Philly right now). They really should just let me have fun.

My parents believe in accepting people as they are; however, dating them seems to be a crime. I'm just lost and don't know what to do because either way I go someone is not happy with me.

In case anybody is wondering I am the second daughter with a brother and sister that are older than me. My brother is an extremely successful businessman and my sister is a behavioral therapist. My brother is unmarried looking for "the one." My sister is 10 years older than me and she met a man in college and is now married. Her husband is not conventional in that he dropped out of college in his sophomore year. He now works at Radio Shack and buys and sells comic books and action figures for a living. Needless so say my parents hate him because he seems to mooch off of my sister. Maybe he's the reason why they are worried but my parents constantly point out how my sister and I may look almost identical but our personalities are complete opposites. I am the loud one that people do not push around. She is the quiet one that sometimes people do pick on because she is a slight pushover.