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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sort of... floored here. Lots of 18-year-olds manage to research colleges and fill out applications by the due date. If you have to nag your child to get each step done, they are going to flounder in college, no matter where they get in.[/quote]

I don't know about this.  I was definitely my kid's executive assistant for the college application process, but so far, she is thriving in college.  She feels really motivated by her Honors College peers who live right down the hall.  In high school, she didn't have this kind of peer group.[/quote]

I helped my daugther a lot with the application process - kept her on track, sat down with her while she filled apps. out, filled out the transcript request, etc. She just wasn't as motivated to do the applications, nor did she quite understand the importance of getting the apps. in early. She is thriving in college so far! She indicates that she is keeping up with assignments, she contacts her teachers if she has issues, etc.

Filling out 8-10 college applications, having different methods of sending them, having to contact the teachers to remind them about LOR, contact the counselors to send the transcripts, write essays, fill out the College Board form to get SATs sent, contact the community college where she did dual enrollment classes to send transcripts is a heck of a lot of work for one person - on top of keeping up with high school classes. Add in the stress of Covid this year, and it can make anyone want to put it off.

So no, having to nag your child to get each step done does not mean they will flounder in college.[/quote]

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