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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is playing a fall sport, a club sport, is in 3 ap classes and volunteers on weekends, and is applying to a couple special programs with unique requirements in addition to the reach/target/ safety thing. [b]She started the essays, but I’m finishing them for her to proofread. [/b]I’m handling the common app profile, fafsa, css, college board, and everything else that goes along with this process. The whole thing is very bureaucratic and it’s unrealistic to ask a hs senior to know how to navigate it.[/quote]

Super lame. [/quote]

Agreed. You’re finishing the essays? And doing the Common App? What the…[/quote]

Are you new to this world?
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DP. Nope, neither of us are. Not ok at all to write their essays for them. If your kids can’t do that part, they’re either not cut out for the schools they’re applying to or they’re not cut out for the current schedule they have.[/quote]

Or applying to colleges is a ridiculous process that is darn near a full time job.[/quote]

Only if you go insane with the number of schools applied to.  My kid applied to 5.  I wouldn't describe the workload as more than an average EC. And he was a procrastinator.  Waitlisted at an Ivy, attending his top choice (I made him apply to the Ivy...it's a family school and we were in "no ragrets" mode as a family.)

Key limitation for the Ivy was likely 25%ile SATs.  Not fixable by making applications a full-time job.[/quote]

I don’t understand how your kid can be comfortable applying to so few schools, though. My kid certainly isn’t, not after seeing the extremely random results for her high-stats unhooked friends last year. She doesn’t want to go overseas, so it seems like it’s just a massive lottery and the more tickets you have the less likely you are to wind up at community college. [/quote]

Agree. Nieces and nephews in the last two cycles applied to 20 (after ED1 deferrals). Ended up working out. All at T20.[/quote]

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