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[quote=Anonymous]Here is where we are for my rising senior

[b]EC's:[/b]  At the beginning of the summer before freshman year, I made a spreadsheet with columns to keep track of what he does.  At that point, I didn't really want him thinking/worrying about college, so for the first couple years, I just updated it weekly with whatever he did.  This year, I had him start updating it.

For my particular kid, this turned out to be a really good thing, because he is a kid who likes to try things, and his schedule varies week to week, so this will help us keep track of how many weeks he did each thing, and the hours so we can turn in honest information, and not just guesses.

I imagine that he and I will need to sit and figure out how to organize the EC's together.  Because he likes to jump around, he's got way more than 10, and we will end up combining them.  That kind of executive functioning is hard for him, and so I imagine that will be a joint venture.

We have also been involved in paying for the EC's that aren't free or at school (e.g. music lessons), driving him to EC's, etc . . . He selected the EC's himself, and did the work, although he's had coaches, and private music lessons.

[b]Essay[/b]. He's working at a sleepaway camp with no wifi, other than on his phone which he has very limited access to.  He's supposed to be working on his essay on paper, and has sent me some photos of what he's written so far.  He asked my advice on topics, and I imagine I will proofread it.

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