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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My approach was, if you are not ready to do the work to get into a college - then you are not ready for college.
I’m sorry your partner wants to enable them, what will happen a year from now and they procrastinate on assignments?[/quote][/quote]

This is said a lot by morons on DCUM, but the reality is, as a PP explained eloquently, that the support kids receive, the less they close doors for themselves. No one should be doing the work for them, but parental effort needs to center on pressuring their kids to start their apps, keeping them on track with deadlines, reminders to request transcripts, sending test scores, etc, depending on the school, and editing of essays if necessary. This is likely the problem here - the kids are too scared to start, but once they start, they'll finish. Don't leave it to the last minute! Now is best.

And to your point - IT IS MUCH HARDER TO NAVIGATE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AT 17 THAN IT IS TO SURVIVE FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE. I guided my son through his college apps, because he was completely lost. But once in college, he had no trouble dealing with everything himself. For internships, he still comes to me for advice, because it's a little bit like college apps.

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