This study aims to explore the impact of college students' perceived parental expectations on their patterns of career coping strategies under the Chinese cultural context. While western career theories tend to emphasize individual/self exploration and development, for Chinese, the construction of career often centers on making balances between self and significant others, especially parental expectations. Thus, this study investigates how college students in Taiwan perceived and responded to their parental expectations in the processes of making career choices since high school to college graduation. Open-ended in-depth interviews with a group of 14 college seniors were conducted, and the interview data were transcribed for qualitative analysis. The results showed that, first, there were three types of parental expectations, that is, "high accomplishments", "secured life", and "free-reins". Secondly, students' career choices can be divided into being "corresponding" "not corresponding" and "irrelevant" to their parental expectations. Finally, by combing the above two types, there were five patterns of these youths' career choices, including: (1) Taking pride in me; (2) Keeping balance and secured; (3) Free exploration of self; (4) Releasing parental worries; and (5)Proving my own worth. The implications of these five patterns were further discussed in light of theoretical and practical implications.