Replying to Blah blah college blah blah

so i'm a senior and the time to start seriously thinking about colleges has come. now, so far, the schools I want to apply to are CU boulder, st. michael's, uvm, u of utah, umass, and maybe unh.

now, my mom gets upset/mad whenever we discuss schools. I'm the youngest in my family. my older brothers have all gone to well respected private universities. the schools I'm looking at, compared to where they go, aren't as 'good' (well, this is what my mom thinks anyway). anyway, I Have said a lot of nothing, but is anyone else out there extremely annoyed by the fact that their parents are hugely impacting where they are going to college? I mean, yes understood they are paying for it, so they should have their say, but only to an extent. I can't stand it that everytime I bring up boulder and utah my mom goes 'you're not going there.' it drives me crazy. even now I get so mad thinking about how my mom is telling me I can't go where I want to.

someone give me another point of view or story. i'm so tired of the east coast