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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your level of stress is not normal. This is not your life, but your kids lives. They will get in, somewhere. Nobody needs to go to their "dream" college, and shouldn't even have one. They can always do community college for a year or two and then transfer somewhere they'd like to be. [/quote]

It feels like I have a HUGE part in this though. They are so young and don't know enough to decide on their own. They ask for my opinion a lot. This past week was course selection for senior year and even that was a huge decision I needed to give input on. My ds made a mistake freshman year selecting a course and it has hindered him since. It was my fault and it's the reason why he is ranked lower than dd (that one course was not advanced enough) It feels like too much responsibility.[/quote]

I hear you. I have a senior and a junior. Life is rough to say the least.

I feel like I’ve not done enough to help my senior and could’ve navigated this better if I’d hired the right outside counselors. Even though I tried to micromanage the process, I feel like it would’ve been better if I had a neutral third-party involved.

As it is right now he’s gotten into a bunch of state schools out of state, including Wisconsin, deferred at others, and waiting on a long long list of schools for March and  April. I feel like the process should have been smoother and there’s still so much anxiety given all the deferrals, but perhaps that is just the nature of the beast this year.

You have to realize that all of this will be out of your control. Set a schedule to work on things over the summer, and then the rest is out of your hands. Hire a hood outside counselor.[/quote]

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