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[quote=Anonymous]There's not a lot that can be done until the Common App opens in August. Students won't get real about essays until they are really in the thick of applying. Identify 1 or 2 good fits (including her best fit state school) and 1 or 2 safeties. As soon as Common & Coalition Apps open in August make her sit down and fill out all of the drudgery information - personal info, transcript, etc. She'll have a better sense of what else needs to happen after that. My suggestion is to apply EA (typically Nov 1 ish). My oldest had a couple of top schools he wanted to apply to EA, and we just sent everything (8 schools) at the same time even though due dates were a couple months later because he wanted to be done. (Bonus, one was rolling admission which he didn't realize. Nice to get an acceptance 3 weeks later in Nov!)

Other things:
- she needs to ask for letters of reference as soon as school starts if she hasn't yet (give the teacher a resume and some background info at least)
- if she hasn't taken SAT/ACT - take it! otherwise, send the scores to the 4 basic schools
- Fill out FAFSA in October when it opens

Beyond making sure she applies to a couple of state schools which are both a good academic and financial fit, I wouldn't worry about the rest of it. She will either get motivated to do more, or she won't. Let her make that choice.[/quote]

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