So neither of my parents attended university, nobody in my family (including the rest of my family tree) did really well in their education, most didn't attend university. My sister went to university but it is not a reputable university (not to sound snobbish)
I applied to Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Durham, and Warwick for Chemistry. I was really preparing for Oxford, my school was really pushing me for it as they are so obsessed with sending people to Oxbridge. I ended up getting a rejection post-interview and my Mum was and still is very angry at me, constantly complaining that I failed and should reapply, as if none of my other options are good...
She doesn't understand how the interviews are - she doesn't know its all academics and was just telling me to memorise answers to basic interview questions (which I didn't and the interviewers literally only asked me complex chemistry problems)
I want to go to imperial and my mum is just being so annoying about it, saying that I should either reapply for Oxford/Cambridge or study Medicine
I don't know how I can please her as I don't want to do that! I love chemistry and imperial is equally as good as Oxford to me (for chemistry)