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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]-For those who applied 20 years ago, the process has changed! When you child applies to multiple schools + keeping up their GPA in AP classes + extra curriculars, it is A LOT!

-All CC’s  are not created equal. You are very fortunate in DCUM land that a certain GPA guarantees acceptance to UVA, UMD etc. Do you realize that does not happen in other states?
Additionally, not all credits are accepted. [/quote]

I mean, I applied to college in 1999. I was taking multiple AP classes, had time-consuming extracurricular activities (including marching band and a part-time job at the mall), AND had to fill out an individual application for each college -- no common app back then. Individual essays specific to each school. Applications typed on a typewriter in the space provided. It was also the nascent days of widespread internet, so I actually had to go to the bookstore or library to read Princeton Review-style guides and request brochures from schools I was interested in way ahead of time through snail mail.

I got accepted into an Ivy, Stanford, and the small liberal arts college I ultimately attended. My classmates were super intelligent, self-sufficient, and self-motivated. I cannot even imagine how someone whose mommy had to orchestrate the application process would even fare in a top-tier school. [/quote]

Correction, I applied to college in fall of 1998, graduated from high school in 1999. [/quote]

I guess you didn't have any time with your busy schedule to develop empathy or humility. [/quote]

Simply countering the assertion that parents must be involved in every step of the process now because applying to college today is so much harder than it was 20 years ago, when students were expected to handle it themselves.[/quote]

I have older kids and a current senior. I can also tell you that my older kids got quite a bit of direction and information about college applications during the spring semester, even in a huge public school with few counselors. They started their essays and were given information about planning for the process, requesting recommendations, and creating their resume. Let's just say that they didn't even get any instruction in their AP course last spring, so preparing for college applications was definitely not a priority.

My son's current high school did not send anything out about the application process until the very end of August, which I think is unconscionable. The deadlines for requesting recommendations for Early Decision/Early Action deadlines was October 1, which didn't give them much time. In fact, even the school start date was delayed for two weeks. Sure, some kids are on top of this, but for those who aren't, the schools let kids down this year.

And by the way, not every kid is Ivy bound. And that's ok.[/quote]

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