How much work are your kids putting into their own applications?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is working with a paid consultant. The consultant guides her on priorities of things to work on. Her common app is already pretty much complete with the exception of essays. She already has a strong first draft of the common app essay. She has deadlines to meet with essay drafts where they review them together. It has been very smooth and we are way ahead of schedule compared with my older child. The stress level is almost non-existent, which is worth every single penny.

This. My DS has been working with a paid consultant for a year now. He has been doing all the work himself with guidance from parents and the consultant team. He is a great writer. He is not using AI at all.

These two sentences were said without irony. My word.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAHMs need to STOP doing their kid's applications.

Stop trolling. ALL the parents I know do their best to help their kids with their apps, and the immense majority of them work. In my circle, I'm the only stay-at-home parent, actually.

Agree with this. It's all anyone talks about at summer dinner parties or at our country club. Everyone is in the thick of it right now. If you aren't, your kid is at a disadvantage compared to their peers (whose parents are micromanaging everything).

Now, if that isn't your circle or HS, count your lucky stars.

With my kids, it’s too early. They had an EA that didn’t let them apply to any other privates early- so that left UVA for EA zero interest in any out of state publics. Many were completed over winter break for the Jan 1-5 deadlines. These later applications were a lot better than the ones prepared earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm. My kid has done nothing so far (nor have we - not even the nagging!).

Same. And my oldest got into many T10s/20s and didn’t start until much later. He did 90% of the applications the last 2 weeks of December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine did everything but paying the application fee themselves.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SAHMs need to STOP doing their kid's applications.

Stop trolling. ALL the parents I know do their best to help their kids with their apps, and the immense majority of them work. In my circle, I'm the only stay-at-home parent, actually.

Agree with this. It's all anyone talks about at summer dinner parties or at our country club. Everyone is in the thick of it right now. If you aren't, your kid is at a disadvantage compared to their peers (whose parents are micromanaging everything).

Now, if that isn't your circle or HS, count your lucky stars.

This isn’t true for my dc. Started app in fall (knew where he would apply in summer) and submitted on own w help of school largely. Large W school w more than 500 on graduating class. I didn’t even read an essay or anything before submission. Would have edited some and he still was accepted. Not top schools in country and fits him it seems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lately, I’m getting the sense that a combo of parents, AI, and paid consultants are doing all the work completing the applications. Are your kids doing anything?

Mine did the bare minimum after scoring 36 on the ACT. You would think that means he has his act together…..absolutely not. It was a complete disaster getting him to work with this counselor, write essays, etc.
Kid was a 3.9 UW with at 36 ACT in one seating. But zero motivation to apply to college.
My husband and I basically edited every single one of his essays.