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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am very surprised at the comment about signing up for subject tests.  Who leaves that in a kids hands?  I have signed up my daughter for all her standardized tests, hired her tutor, researched and bought her prep books.  I view that as my job as her parent. The kids have more than enough to do during junior year.  [/quote]

Well, I left it up to all 3 of my kids, and they all ended up going to USNWR top 10 schools.  They're pretty independent and self-motivated, though I did have to give them my AMEX number to pay for the tests.    [/quote]

My oldest is a junior now, so it's our first time through this process, but she's done all the signing up for SATs, APs, and subject tests on her own.  For prep books, she puts them in my Amazon cart, and I buy them.  I don't expect my other two will show this level of independence (one of them for sure will need lots of hand holding and significant advance notice of everything that needs to be done), but I don't think it's that uncommon, especially among kids who are the oldest in their families.

One of my friend's daughters didn't even tell her folks which schools she had applied to until after she started getting acceptances![/quote]

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