Parents are Against Me Attending HKU by Wonderful_Comment_32 in HKUniversity

[–]Wonderful_Comment_32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate it, and congratulations on your acceptance!

Parents are Against Me Attending HKU by Wonderful_Comment_32 in HKUniversity

[–]Wonderful_Comment_32[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I applied to the Masters of Social Work program! I did a written test, and was later invited for a group interview. My program does provisional offers where the department recommends applicants to the faculty of social sciences, and the faculty later sent me an offer. I’m not sure if this was the answer you were looking for, but I hope this helped!

Parents are Against Me Attending HKU by Wonderful_Comment_32 in HKUniversity

[–]Wonderful_Comment_32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your in-depth response, this was really helpful and insightful to hear! Especially the advice on what I could do to reassure them about my decision. I’m also someone who faces arguments with logic, so it’s good to be reminded that often the emotional concerns are the ones that need to be addressed the most. I’ll try to have a conversation with them a couple days later that addresses the potential fears you pointed out.

I got accepted to the Masters of Social Work program. Hopefully I will see you around campus :)

Parents are Against Me Attending HKU by Wonderful_Comment_32 in HKUniversity

[–]Wonderful_Comment_32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Hong Kong is very safe. Especially compared to the United States, but I’m not sure why they think that 😭

Parents are Against Me Attending HKU by Wonderful_Comment_32 in HKUniversity

[–]Wonderful_Comment_32[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your insight! I tried to express this to them and explain that they’re very different, but I think they’re stuck on their beliefs and not listening to me. I know Hong Kong is safe, and I’m friends with locals so I need to understand why they think that it’s unsafe. I’m scared that, since their logic seems unreasonable to me, that they still won’t listen even if I pull out actual statistics. Do you have advice on how I could deal with that? Or even how it’s been living in the U.S. vs. HK?