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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid will be a humanities major.  She has a large load even as a senior and they are not letting up because of college apps.  She will be fine writing a lot in college, [b]but she absolutely thinks the many essays are a big lift on top of everything else.[/b]  [/quote]

Then maybe she should shorten her list of colleges. If these very short essays are a big lift, your DC needs to work out a better schedule for getting them done in advance. They aren't research papers nor do they go for thousands of words. If she's already a solid writer overall, these should not loom so large in her mind. Other students and parents tend to get kids wound up about application essays in ways that make kids see them as vast hurdles when they just dont have to be, not for good HS writers. If her HS has a counselor who works with kids on college applications, she should go to that person and ask what she needs to do to set a schedule to get these knocked out Some college/career centers in high school counseling offices provide space and times for students to come work on essays right there. [/quote]

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