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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sure I’ll get flamed for this, but just help them guys. Most of the common app is just stuff an executive assistant would put in for their boss. Serve as the executive assistant. Type in your address and where you went to college and all that crap stuff that’s in the common app. Let them do the substantive pieces of their writing, asking for recommendations, choosing the colleges. The rest is really just filling out forms. If you buckle down this weekend you could get his his or her main one for early admission submitted.[/quote]
+1.  (NP) After deciding to help this way, I am starting to feel better.  With the deadline looming, kid was already throwing his hands up, saying "well, it's too late, I didn't get the teacher brag sheet done."  And a ton of overdue homework assignments means he is paralyzed.  I told him, no it's most certainly not too late...  I helped with the form-filling administrative assistant part this morning.

All he needs to do now, besides keep his GPA from completely falling into the nether, is to write the activity descriptions, and essays, the most feared task of all.  I pointed to things he's already written that he might incorporate, plus college-specific things students have recommended in random forums that one might include.  Having some suggested content takes away the fear of the blank page a bit.

OP, I've been there done that with an older sibling and I couldn't even stop it from happening a second time around as my desperate pleas over the summer were mostly ignored.

If you are permitted to help with the administrative assistant stuff, proofreading the Common App form contents will already be done and will take a huge load off - I HIGHLY recommend this if your child lets you help.  Try to get a good sleep on Halloween and plan to be up until midnight on Nov 1, credit card in hand, waiting for last-minute essays to be finished.

Also, once the Common App essay is done, the app can be submitted.  Notice that many colleges' Writing Supplement section is a[i] separate[/i] submittal, which can take place days after the app itself was submitted.  Getting the app proofread, paid, signed, and submitted, administratively is a [i]huge[/i] relief.  Then the supplemental essays may feel like a much lighter weight to the kid.  (This is no help for the colleges that like to put their supplemental essays in the college's questions section of the app.)

If you don't have permission to help with the administrative end, I would at least require proofreading of the app sections - kid can press the Preview button for the section, make a PDF, and email that to you.  Very reassuring, plus you can then mark any mistakes with a red pen so they can fix it.[/quote]

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