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[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]

+1.  When I applied to UMD 30+ years ago, it was insanely easy and as a MD resident with a B average and 1000 on your SATs, you were pretty much guaranteed admittance.  I hadn’t taken an AP class in my life and had zero extracurriculars.  And tuition was only $2400 a year.

Stakes are MUCH higher now.  
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Pp here from 20 years ago whose parents were not involved. I applied to at least 10 universities including Ivys, Georgetown, Berkeley, etc. before wide usage of common app and electronic apps, as another poster of same vintage mentioned. I'm not talking about UMD or other less competitive state schools. Same pressures with GPA, SATs, ECs, etc.  Repeated same process four years later for grad school and it was like muscle memory at that point.

Those of us "old millennials"/Gen-X-Millenial "cuspers" mostly don't have HS-age kids yet, so I guess we shall see!
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Hopefully, your kids won't have to deal with what this batch of seniors have dealt with, including not knowing whether you would have SAT or ACT scores, which makes making a list difficult, preparing for and having the test cancelled multiple times, losing a huge chunk of your junior year, etc. I know that I grew up quite a bit working the summer before my senior year, but we didn't feel comfortable having our kid work this summer. This time is always stressful, but this year particularly so.  [/quote]

True. This year’s seniors (and this year’s college freshmen) have had to deal with uncertainty and challenges unlike any other in recent history. [/quote]

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