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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college. [/quote]

My kids wrote all of their own essays.  And we are "rich."  You sound a little off.[/quote]
 +100- this is not an issue of "haves/have nots". This is about curating an appropriate list and time management. This needs to come from the student. Parents can be in the wings to encourage and support. Our youngest is heading to college in a few weeks. Last summer/early Fall when it looked like she was fatiguing with the process (and tons of EC's, sports, job ,etc)  we suggested she take 2 (of her 9 schools) and table them for regular decision. The rest of the schools she applied early (not binding). In the end- she did not do the additional work for the two schools she tabled because she was happy with the early acceptances. It was an approach that worked in our home, might work for others as well.[/quote]
NP. None of the EA schools on my kid's list give EA results before RD deadlines, unfortunately. They're all late Jan, which is so annoying...[/quote]

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