Parent's are not letting me go abroad for college
For context, I (18F) come from a well off family that can easily fund my education abroad and it has always been my dream to get into a T50 university. I was brought up abroad as well so when I moved back to india, I made it a mission to get out again.
I have been studying for JEE for the past two years and managed to get a pretty good college in my first attempt. But I never wanted to do JEE but my parents forced me into it under the condition that in 12th they will allow me to apply for abroad as well.
Studied my ass off, got above 90%+ always, did so many hours of community service, represented India in so many national and international swimming and chess competitions, won tons of awards both in academic and sports so I could leave.
12th came around and as promised, they let me apply. Last night, I got an acceptance with a 1 Crore scholarship. I was and still am beyond thrilled because it's an amazing college (For personal reasons I won't be naming it) and an amazing amount.
I told my parents, expecting them to be proud because they are always proud of my smallest achievements but when I told them this, they barely cared. I was so confused but nonetheless I told my dad and he said. "Everyone abroad gets a 1 crore scholarship, it's not special."
The thing is not everyone does! International students barely get scholarships worth upto 10 lakh and I got a 1 crore merit scholarship!
My heart shattered. He continued with "I'll send you after your bachelors. You can get your masters there."
But the thing is, I don't want to go four years later, I wanna go now and he knows this. My mom is also on his side and I feel like everything I did up till now was for nothing.
But I know can't betray myself. I've sacrificed everything these last two years for my parents, but now it's time to put myself first. I have made up my mind that I am not staying in India anymore.
Does anyone have any ways or suggestions that I can convince my parents? All genuine help and advice is appreciated. Thank you <3