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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proofreading my DD's essay is a nightmare I'm dreading. I'm not judging parents who do that I just fear it will be stressful to know I could make some content improvements but I will need to keep my mouth shut.

How do colleges put much weight on essays when so many are ghostwritten or mega edited?[/quote]
A lot of good advice on this thread. I was worried about proofreading but eventually really enjoyed it. I asked a lot of questions and learned so much about my children. [b]I heard about experiences that were more important to them than I had realized[/b]. I heard them articulate what a “good” school meant to them. We talked about who was important to them in HS and what they would’ve done differently. I asked a lot of “whys” and “can you tell me more about what this means” or “why that was important”. It was really neat to see things from their perspective. [/quote]

+1  My son has long participated in a service activity at our church without much outward enthusiasm, just part of our family routine. He always worked at the beverage station which could sound like a real nothing kind of service, just a check-the-box thing.  But he ended up writing about this in a supplemental about how he liked that job because unlike working the food service line where everyone is busy just getting people through the serving line, the guests would hang out and talk and he enjoyed getting to connect with them, to talk about the latest ball game or what he's doing in school or how their kids are doing. Actually building relationships with the people he saw there every month.  I actually teared up a bit reading his essay to see that this is what he was getting out of it and that I'm sure he was really contributing to the experience for our guests in building those kinds of relationships.  [/quote]

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