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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

[b]Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this? 
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Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college. [/quote]

They have all of August to get them done, before school even starts.  My youngest had all hers turned in by the first week of August, my oldest, a bit of a procrastinator, by November 1.

No, [i]most[/i] rich kids do not pay to have their essays written for them - they do the work.[/quote]

This. It’s just an assumption being made based on zero facts. We wealthy and my child has been working on the main essay for weeks. While it sounds extensive, at this point it’s maybe 20 minutes a day. [/quote]

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I don't know many parents who would do the work for their kids--do you really want that to be one of the last "character" lessons you leave them with?  It's okay to lie and cheat to get ahead?  The majority of parents I know who have reluctant kids just do what we've been doing for years---NAG--- or hire an admissions coach so they can nag for us.[/quote]

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