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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have sons. Both excelled academically in high school and were organized, etc without any parental involvement. But, both were disorganized and overwhelmed by the college process. This is one thing that os too important to just let them flounder. So, for the 1st time in their educational careers, I stepped in and was probably way more involved that anyone here thinks is necessary, although I did not write essays. But any admin stuff, I did. Many of the schools my first applied to required some pretty crazy stuff requiring submissions on separate accounts that the students needed to establish on 3rd party websites. He did the substance, I did the admin. Its too important to let him mess this up. I'll teach lessons another time.
Older child got into his first choice, and had no problems adjusting from the suburbs to a major urban campus with lots of distractions. Academically and socially he is doing great, just like in high school. So my admin help and involvement in the application process did not infantailize him to the point he is not able to handle college.
#2 son is in the middle of applying, and I am ready to kill him. He refuses to work on applications and says he doesn't need my help. But, I had to establish his common app account, and will do all the admin work for him too. I am not worried about him falling apart in college- he is much more savvy than my older one. Again, this is too important to let him mess up, although he is doing a good job of it by refusing to write essays. I'm sure they will get done, but its awful right now. And once he is in, I will fade into the background. And he will do fine as well.[/quote]

+ 1.  Exactly!

I bet most of the panickmongers who preach against this approach are paying a college counselor a ton of money to do it for them.[/quote]

+2. I'm basically the family college counselor. I find the whole process interesting and am a librarian so good at research and have spent a lot of time educating myself about it. I will say I don't just do the admin, I do things like account/portal set up with him. Tell him to sign up for school visits etc. [/quote]

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