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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back off, mom.  There’s plenty of time to do this when school starts back up, and the school counselors will help him through it.  There’s no reason to be obsessing over this at this point.[/quote]

Counselors will not help. Offer incentives to him over the summer to get it done. Too stressful to do once school starts. [/quote]

Best $3K I spent was on a private college counselor starting Jan of junior year.  This meant the counselor was the one nagging my kid to get the essay(s) done over the summer and I barely had to do any nagging.   The common app general essay was 99% done by mid-August and the extra essays for 75% of their schools were 50% done by mid-Sept.  Made for a much easier fall of senior year when I knew they'd be extremely busy with school and sports. 
Much easier to have someone else other than Mom/Dad setting deadlines.  This meant by mid-Oct 90% of things were finished and submitted. By mid Nov everything except 2 schools (with Jan 1/5 deadlines for RD) were completed and those 2 sets of supplemental essays were into their 2nd/3rd drafts already.

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Counselor also helped create a list of schools that met the criteria my DC wanted.  Sure, I could have done it (did it quite successfully with older sibling who was not applying to any competitive schools).  But ultimately the top 3 schools my DC got into and chose between probably only 1 would have been on my radar.  Counselor put some hidden gems on our list that my DC really liked.  So another huge benefit of the $3K, if you can afford it.  In reality, probably the best benefit, as having the correct list of schools to apply to is really important.

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