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[quote=Anonymous]Tell your kid to make a seperate email account for colleges and use it only for the purposes of college admissions.   That should be the email account that they use for CollegeBoard, Common App as well as Colleges.  Make sure that you also have access to that account, so that you can check it frequently.  Remember that colleges track your interest by seeing how many times you click on the links in emails.  So, show interest by opening the emails, and research the colleges indepth.  Yeah, it is a bit helicoptery, but your kid will probably not be opening college marketing emails.   We did not do it, but, would have done it if someone would have told us.

As for the mental health things that someone posted - It is a real thing.  Make sure that your kid does not have a heavy social media presence.  Make sure that they have a social support and friends, make sure that they are getting breaks, that they are sleeping, eating, exercising well.  If need be please get them therapy (and yes meds) if they are depressed. This has been very hard for most students - HS and COVID and all the crap that is going on in the world.  You can reduce their stress by being more involved and understanding what they need to be doing.

Nothing derails a child more than a terrible home life.  I know that it cannot be helped sometimes and ups and downs in family fortunes and health happens all the time but if the home environment is supportive and positive, kids can be resilient.  So, try and be loving and supportive, especially if there is dysfunction in the family.

I also recommend Fiske for researching colleges. [/quote]

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