- I made sure that my daughter is at the top of the admission process to the college of her first year.
- It was a stressful process, but my daughter finally entered her dream school.
- I thought that stress was over, but it had much more to do to ask for scholarships.
I feel like I’ve done everything to help my teenager get started at university. We started to prepare ourselves four years ago in her First year of high school. It was at this point that I encouraged her to create a sheet of calculating her activities and her awards to which she could add each year.
My husband and I took him to visit college during his second year and junior years. We have visited small colleges near us, medium -sized universities a little further and a large school across the country. We also contacted Admission advisers And teachers in his field of interest to ask questions and find out more.
In summer before his last year, I pushed her to start writing his test for common demand. After all, a university planning website recommended this calendar to avoid stress of trying to write it once the school was in session. We even attended a seminar on the best way to describe each activity Common application Within the limit of 150 characters.
She submitted her applications in the fall of her last year, and we were delighted when the acceptance took place, including at her dream school. But I did not know that it was only the beginning.
Applications and tests do not stop there
Once the College application process was over, I felt joy and relief. But I was surprised and stressed by what came afterwards. Neither his hard work nor my surveillance of his trip to the university was completed.
First of all, she joined her dream school and decided to apply for their specialization college. This request required an academic declaration on his proposed field of studies, the letter of recommendation of a teacher and a test. We hoped that she could reuse the test she had already written for the common application, but alas, there was a different prompt to address.
She spent weeks on this application, compile it and refine it – while juggling the school, a part -time workand a university sport. It was like applying college everywhere. I hovered in the background, offering support and rereading services, as well as some to do so.
Shortly after completing the request for college, she focused on the request for university scholarships for various prices. Fortunately, the main part of this application was similar to that of the common application, with a list of activities and rewards, but there was a requirement for another test – with a prompt and a limit of different words.
The housing request came afterwards, which seemed to me early. My daughter’s choice school had a priority deadline on January 31. If she wanted the best chance of getting a first dormitorySo she needed to describe her lifestyle, to classify her five best choices of dormitories and to submit the deposit.
It was another application to follow, finish in a thoughtful way and submit in time.
Finally (we hoped) was the local of his high school sotck exchange. Although it is surprising that so many community organizations wish to award students $ 500 or $ 1,000 in scholarships, it was still another elevator to apply for them.
Although we are both exhausted by the process, I encouraged him to continue and offered rereading and emotional support.
After having traveled dozens of descriptions, she found several local opportunities for which she was eligible. One required a 200 -words test on perseverance, and another asked 1,000 words on what sports have taught him. She also needed an additional letter of recommendation – this time a coach rather than a teacher.
As she clicks to submit to, hopefully, the last time, we expired and we are both emotional.
The end is in sight
It is the spring of her last year, and we are waiting to hear the results of everything she applied after being accepted at university. These applications have made efforts, so this waiting period seems almost relaxing.
Of course, there are still things to do. We will have to decide when she attend the orientation, and we explore disability. Then there will be typical college preparation tasks such as shopping for your dormitory and pass placement tests in mathematics.
I felt like a project manager supervising my daughter’s work on these additional applications. They surprised me because I thought the biggest stressor would apply to university – but I was wrong. It seems that the application process for the college is a much more important task that I could never have understood four years ago.
Fortunately, my daughter approached these additional tasks with maturity and perseverance. For that, I am grateful and proud.