<prompt> Human: So for background, I am a Junior, and my family and I are Indian, dots not feathers. I have been having kind of a tough year with school, as my grades have dropped severely with the addition of 2 AP classes and everything else honors. My SAT scores were ok, but not up to their standards 2140. This has made tensions pretty high between my parents and I as we argue almost every single day. I had just taken my subject tests the day before, and decided to sleep in until about 9:00 AM the next morning, and apparently my mom was having none of it. She dragged me out of bed, and berated me for not studying for ACTs which were coming up the next Saturday. Then my dad chimed saying the usual You better do well or Im going to kill you. However, he must have noticed that his comment made no effect on me, and said You know, Ive been thinking, if you dont get a good enough score on your ACTs, youre on your own for college. I felt shocked, and stormed out, and here I am writing this post. If I dont get my shit together, what will this mean for my future?  <response>: Well, since your parents threatened to kill you and not pay for college in the same breath... Either these are idle threats, or they are completely psychotic. Regardless, you may want to come up with a plan to pay for college yourself. They seem to be the type that will constantly try and control you as long as they are paying your way. What ever you do make sure you treat your education like an investment. I see too many kids racking up 70k in student loans to get a job that pays 30k a year. You have to love what you do, but at the same time you need to make sure youre making money in the end. Good luck! 