unsolicited advice from an experienced parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with this list, but I will add one more thing -- try to make a person connection with the traveling admission counselor for our area. They will remember you.

Is this advice for the parent or for the student?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did a lot of this except your “be involved”. I occasionally offered schools for consideration but my kid’s list was their own. Likewise I only the read the essay for typos right before it was submitted. Didn’t look at anything else on the app or track deadlines.

I get it that kids differ but this is just another example of “I will tell what worked for my kid because I assume it’s a model for every kid”
which is perhaps the most common, and most annoying parenting shtick there is.

Absolutely nothing in the original post said this or even suggested it.

Thank you, OP. Helpful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with this list, but I will add one more thing -- try to make a person connection with the traveling admission counselor for our area. They will remember you.

Is this advice for the parent or for the student?

Omg!
Must always be the student!!

[Anonymous]

OP I did everything, exactly as you suggested, right down to the SAT study summer before Jr yr.

Both my DS and DD are in top 5 colleges (their first year).

[Anonymous]

Everything in the original post is great advice. Studying for and taking the SAT the summer before junior year was esp helpful. Relieved some of the kid’s stress and was automatic prep for the PSAT.