| I nagged... a LOT. That's got to be worth something! LOL
I never proofed essays and did nothing involving the actual applications except nag and take her to the post office to mail them.
I did research schools a LOT-- not just for academics and how well they match her but for financial matches. I did take her to visit. I did read a lot about what colleges are looking for (including reading here) and pass along the info. I did keep track of what colleges were visiting her school and nag her to go to the presentation. (She missed a good half of them because they always met during the same class!)
I also spent a lot of time researching scholarships and organizing them. That was/ is way more time consuming than the actual college applications. I did clerical work for them-- print them out, on one or two fill out the info part and leave the essays for her, hand them to her. She really, really hated doing most of the scholarship applications. And I did all of the financial aid paperwork-- which was actually a pain-- but it all seems to have paid off. |