How do i end up doing what I want?

so im looking at possible universities with my parents and we’re looking at the viewbooks and my parents say that i can choose to do what makes me happy. they get some input in it since they are the ones who are paying for most of it.

my mom is always saying to read through all the programs, just to see what you might be missing, but when it comes to the subjects that i like (anthropology, classics, etc…) she says “we’ll think about it” and moves on. she says this because she wants me to “come out of university with a skill”, she says.

she always said that its my choice as to which program i go into, but i know that in the end, it will come down to a compromise with my mom, with her holding the longer end of the stick.

how do i get the longer end of the stick? it is my future after all.