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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rising senior parent here. So far this process has been so stressful. From forms to essays to college lists to college visits, let alone trying to determine the “real” price and direct vs indirect admits into major … I’m so ready for this to be over. Does it get better once apps are submitted? The college list has been particularly challenging. Every time we add one or take one off, it seems the next day there’s a reason to reverse the decision. At this point, none of them look like sure bets that child would want to attend. Luckily we’re pretty flexible so I’m sure child will be happy with whatever works out but so far it hasn’t been fun, at all![/quote]

Your experience is very foreign to me. I've been through it twice and neither time was it particularly stressful. Obviously there are uncertainties but the stress you describe seems unusual and can't in any way be good for your child, who presumably is bearing the brunt of the workload. [/quote]

The process isn't that stressful if your kid isn't applying to T50 Schools.  My oldest was that---I assisted (no college counselor needed), and they got into 9/10 schools (and the 10th was a T10 that they just wanted to apply to, we knew they had no shot at all, but let them apply).  Most schools were ones with 50%+ acceptance rates and my kid was at/above the 50 percentile (and scores were 25 ACT/3.6UW gpa, only 1 AP). They had 3 acceptances before Xmas, including their top 2 choices.

But my 2nd was a different story.   3.99UW/ 1520SAT and had 1 T10 (ED), 4 T40 (2 were targets, 2 were reaches), 2 T50 and several other safeties.  So process was a bit more stressful, especially this year.  Where they are ultimately going has had acceptance rates of ~30-35% for years, but this year it's 22%.  One went from 20% to ~10% (and my kid managed to get WL).  So while they had a true safety that they really liked with an acceptance by Xmas and a target acceptance by xmas as well, most of the others didn't come until Feb/march.  So ED turned to deferral to RD and ultimate rejection (acceptance rate of ~5% this year) and where they are attending didn't come in until end March.  So even if you have safety acceptances, it's still stressful until you hear from your top choices
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