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[quote=Anonymous]My DS is making such a mess of his college applications. All his applications are due Nov. 1. I've been almost literally dragging him through this process. I'm wondering if I should just let go and let him fail??

This week, I drove him to three colleges for visits. He was a rude, total PITA on all three (long) car trips, and acted indifferent, not wholly interested, in his talks with admissions counselors. I coached him as best I could, made sure he'd done research on each college so he could ask intelligent questions, yet he's half-in, half-out of this process. With only two weeks to go, I'm fed up enough to give up. I don't know if he'll get a single application in on time if I don't push him every single day.

What would you do? He's very smart, has good grades, good test scores, and ought to get merit aid from all these schools. We can't afford college for him if he doesn't get merit aid. We've explained this very clearly to him. Still, he's dragging his feet, plodding every step of the way. He's going to be embarrassed if he doesn't get in anywhere and ends up at CC (so will I, for that matter).

Any advice? I'm at the end of my rope. [/quote]

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