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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did it kill his spirit? My kid will be a senior next year. Has the application process gotten worse since we were kids? [/quote]

The process is easier. Fill out one application and write an essay or two and hit submit. I remember filling out 6-8 different applications and maybe 1-2 of the schools had the same essay. There was only regular decision back then so we were doing this smack dab in the middle of senior year. Not fun. My senior wrote his essay at the end of junior year and had his English teacher read it and comment. He filled out the Common App in August and that was it.
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I'm glad your senior only had to write one essay, but that's not accurate for many kids. My senior only applied to 5 schools, all in-state. This required:

1 650-word essay (Common App)

PLUS
1 additional 650-word essay
2 350-word essays
4 200-word essays
3-page honors college essay

None of these could be repurposed as the prompts were pretty specific.

That's nothing compared to what many of her friends had to do. [/quote]

PLUS entering their entire HS transcript, data entry style, line by line for each class, every semester, every grade even though that info is sent by the HS in support of the applications as well[/quote]

Is this something my younger DC can start now? Things like entering their grades each semester into the common app?[/quote]

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