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[quote=Anonymous]I would tell my kid to call during lunch.  If no luck resolving (admin offices might be closed/lightly staffed during lunch), I'd call.  Try to get your kid to do the work first, but don't live in fear of helicoptering.  I always handled the 'money' part of school so application fee sort of falls within that realm.  FWIW my kid succeeded in a tough college, got a good job and is living in a HCOLA as a recent graduate just fine.  The anti-helicoptering folks are too much in my opinion--in real life family members help each other out on all sorts of things throughout their lives.  My kid helps his grandparents set up their tech--this disempowers them from growing their own technology knowledge/independence but no one thinks he's "helicoptering" them--most just think that's a nice thing for him to do.  You probably know when you're overstepping your bounds from innocuous help to thwarting his development.  If your kid isn't calling because like most of Gen Z he hates cold calling by phone, make him do the call.  If it's genuinely a schedule issue and he's got enough on his plate to manage, make the call.  It's not a big deal--he's already emailed them so he's done his part.[/quote]

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