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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for all the suggestions so far.  I  hope I'm not the only parent of a HS Senior that is involved in this process.  It feels like I am though.  Anyway, I managed to get DD to get her list of colleges to apply to from 25 to 11.  2 of the 11 are very much reach schools(she realizes it, but has kept them on her list), but I'm going to let her apply and not discourage.  She has completed the 1st draft of the common app essay, has secured 1 letter of recommendation, and is starting to look at requirements for the schools that don't accept the Common App (5 of them).  We have not visited all the schools yet.  9 of them are close enough to go on a wknd (been to 4 of them already), and 2 are in Chicago (I am going to wait for an acceptance letter before making that drive).  Not sure how to handle keeping scholarship applications/essays organized.[/quote]

You are way ahead of the game for August. Definitely don't stress her out too much and find other things to talk about besides college applications.

If she's already got her list down to 11 then don't worry about visiting them all at this point (unless they are schools that care about demonstrated interest). Fall grades are very important so she needs to be spending time on school rather than being away every weekend for a college visit.

This is not a paper based process so not sure what kind of file management system you really need. We just had a piece of paper with the schools listed and the key activities (common app sent, recs requested, transcript requested, scores sent, supplemental app sent, alum interview requested/done) as a checklist. Pretty much all of this was in Naviance too, which DC preferred anyway. Plus in Naviance you can see if the electronic recs were actually sent.

EA is a plus (and yes, my DC did get in to Michigan EA) but DC did not wait for ED/EA decisions to get applications in. The normal ED date is 12/15 and the Michigan EA date was closer to 12/20. UVA does EA notification in January. So DC had at least 6 apps in before the decision dates, and did another round of applications after the decisions. DC dropped a couple of schools from the list based on EA notifications.[/quote]

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