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She's been out for what, two weeks or so? Given your description of her, realize that when push comes to shove, she'll get her work done. But she needs a break for a little while. She's looking at this as the last summer she'll be with her friends planning for the same year together, so certainly she wants to socialize. She's procrastinating because this is the first time in her life that she doesn't know where she'll be next year; there's no "natural progression" as there was from elementary to middle to high school. It's quite scary. Or maybe she's just thinking, "I worked hard all my life, and now I have to work harder to get to a place where I have to work just as hard for the next 4 years? Why?"
My d was the same; everything was overwhelming for her. So I acted as "executive assistant." I researched the deadlines and admissions requirements for her schools and put them into a spreadsheet. She could deal with this amount of information. She made all the decisions (within our financial constraints), did the apps herself (OK, I filled in the standard family stuff), wrote her essays herself, etc. And she stayed off CC!
And for most teenagers, the more a parent nags, the less she'll do.
Remember that even if she "blows" the summer assignments, she'll still do well. And she'll still be able to find a college she'll love that will love her and at which she'll excel.
Relax.
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