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[quote=Anonymous]For you, don’t impose your wants on her. Sit down and make sure she understands the deadlines. Then zip it.  If she doesn’t get her room preference forms in on time, she gets what’s left. Natural consequence. It could well be she is less resistant to housing forms than she is to listening to you tell her what to out on the housing forms.

For her, counseling stat. A psychiatrist and medication if needed. Depression isn’t exactly uncommon in the pandemic era kids. Tell her counselor at the intake appointment your concerns about college motivation. Then walk away and left someone less emeshed work with her.

Gap years should serve a purpose. Gain maturity by working a full time entry level job, earn money for college, volunteer, follow a passion/ complete a passion project, accomplish a big goal, like hiking the AT.  They should be doing something at least 40 hours a week that leads to some result (personal growth counts).  No good comes of a gap year the kid doesn’t want with no defined goals.  It’s a recipie for more depression— especially when HS a kids come home for college breaks, and she’s still stuck in her childhood bedroom. [/quote]

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