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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not think you should rush in to rescue her. She needs to attend community college for a semester or year and get her act together for the next. This is not your issue to fix.[/quote]
DP, but this is terrible advice. 
Do the best you can over the next few days and then start investigating schools with deadlines that are further out.[/quote]

No it is not. I agree with this poster.

[b]OP's kid can not do those apps by themselves, LOL they are not ready for college.[/b]

Absolutely not ready. Nothing wrong with community college and by the way had she been at a job she would have been fired. Real world has consequences.

OP you are a fool if you send your kid to a four year school when they are not responsible enough to do their apps in a timely manner.

OP is upset over nothing, this is not her life it is her kids. Kid does not think it was important enough to do.[/quote]

This is BS. My older DC needed a lot of help getting his applications in, and he just completed his first semester of college with a 3.8 gpa with zero assistance from his parents.

The college application process is complicated, with many moving parts, and most kids have had zero experience filling out forms and meeting deadlines. Many, like OPs kid, don’t realize how many other pieces are needed (transcripts, recommendations, test scores) and have no experience trying to get things like that from other people and don’t understand how much lead time is necessary. You don’t do it for them, but what are parents for, it not to give advice and guidance on something this important?

Sure, *some* kids can do it. But having a kid that can’t handle it all completely on their own is not a sign that said kid is not ready for college. [/quote]

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