Life, as we're told

From the time that we are very young we are told how life is and what you have to do if we want to achive it. What people don't think about is that we don't like to be told what we Have to do, or what we need to do. My dad has had me looking at colleges since I ws in 6th and 7th grade. Now of course I'm looking on my own and trying to find the best one for my major, but was it nessacary to look at them when I was 12 and 13 years old? This is something that I don't really understand quite yet. Anyway, I was discussing this with my mother, when my dad comes in from work and he has information to St. Edward's University in Austin, and he asks me what I think about it. Well, I really don't want to go to a private or Christian University. I mean I have been considering Trinity in San Antonio, or Mississippi College in Clinton Miss. but I really don't think so.
Top 5 College Choices:
~1. LSU
~2. UCD( University of California in Davis, which is in northern cali.)
~3. UCLA
~4. UT
~5. UH