How is your HS senior feeling/acting these days?

[Anonymous]

Just looking for some perspective and wondering how other families are weathering these weeks before application deadlines.

[Anonymous]

Power through. You have until Dec 31 for most regular decision apps. Have your student set up a deadline calendar.

[Anonymous]

My kid has been working on applications for the past month. He has known which schools he wants to apply to for a while now. Now it's just a matter of filling out the online forms and submitting essays and resumes. So far he hasn't asked dh and I for much input or help.

It's actually been an easier process than I expected.

[Anonymous]

He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

[Anonymous]

He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

[Anonymous]

Ours still isn't sure where to apply ... it's a bit stressful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

What is your concern with the rolling admission aps. Is he applying for spring semester?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

+1. Same here, DC is taking it on himself to get this done. I made some comments on his application essay and he actually rejected them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

+1. Same here, DC is taking it on himself to get this done. I made some comments on his application essay and he actually rejected them.

Lol. My son is the same way. He wrote an application essay, I asked to read it and I made some comments about it and he rejected my suggestions. I haven't seen any of the other essays.
He definitely wants to do this himself. And I guess he is more than capable of doing just that...

Our babies have definitely grown up (sniff!).

[Anonymous]

The opposite of all the other kids mentioned so far. Still unmotivated and hasn't done a thing to look at college info on his own. They are working on the essay in school. He hasn't done anything else. He had to look at the Common App prompts to pick one to work one. But that's it. It's like pulling teeth. We are trying to do a weekly college meeting to avoid constant nagging. Not working so well. Pretty sure he's going to end up at big lower tier public or possibly small not-highly-ranked LAC if it offers enough aid. I have done a lot of research and we've done a lot of college tours but he just doesn't seem to care that much. I vacillate between being terrified he'll lose his way at the big school and feeling it's okay, lots of people are happy with it and if he's ok with it, I need to chill. Bottom line, I'm the one who's worried and I can't wait until this is all over.

[Anonymous]

The earlier you apply to a rolling admission school, the faster you receive an acceptance. Applying later to a rolling admission school---you might get shut out. Rolling admission is different than early decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a delight. Finally acting like someone I can imagine sending off to college.

He has made plenty of progress. Essays nearly done and clerical parts largely complete. He will need some proof reading and copy editing soon.

It is stressing me out that some of the rolling admission aps aren't in yet, but that is about me, not him.

What is your concern with the rolling admission aps. Is he applying for spring semester?

Because I am type-A. And, if he gets them in soon, he gets answers soon (and sometimes probabilities decrease over time) and could lower the total number of applications he has to send.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The opposite of all the other kids mentioned so far. Still unmotivated and hasn't done a thing to look at college info on his own. They are working on the essay in school. He hasn't done anything else. He had to look at the Common App prompts to pick one to work one. But that's it. It's like pulling teeth. We are trying to do a weekly college meeting to avoid constant nagging. Not working so well. Pretty sure he's going to end up at big lower tier public or possibly small not-highly-ranked LAC if it offers enough aid. I have done a lot of research and we've done a lot of college tours but he just doesn't seem to care that much. I vacillate between being terrified he'll lose his way at the big school and feeling it's okay, lots of people are happy with it and if he's ok with it, I need to chill. Bottom line, I'm the one who's worried and I can't wait until this is all over.

Lots of people are happy with it. And lots of other people have a motivation swing at some point in their lives: the go-getters decide to have a respectable but not dazzling career, the kids who drifted in high school suddenly find something that really captures them, and suddenly they've got the window office and are supervising former go-getters.

[Anonymous]

My kid is handling everything and I am puttering around looking at dorm room supplies to distract myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The opposite of all the other kids mentioned so far. Still unmotivated and hasn't done a thing to look at college info on his own. They are working on the essay in school. He hasn't done anything else. He had to look at the Common App prompts to pick one to work one. But that's it. It's like pulling teeth. We are trying to do a weekly college meeting to avoid constant nagging. Not working so well. Pretty sure he's going to end up at big lower tier public or possibly small not-highly-ranked LAC if it offers enough aid. I have done a lot of research and we've done a lot of college tours but he just doesn't seem to care that much. I vacillate between being terrified he'll lose his way at the big school and feeling it's okay, lots of people are happy with it and if he's ok with it, I need to chill. Bottom line, I'm the one who's worried and I can't wait until this is all over.

Is a a procrastinator? I remember waiting until the deadlines loomed for mailing out my applications (no online process back in the day). The applications are a little time consuming but the essays are fairly straight forward and short. Once you've done one, the others come together pretty easy.

Maybe write down a list of deadlines for the schools he is interested in and give him the list. Sometimes it helps to see that you don't have as much time as you think you do.

Does he know what he wants to major in?