| Is any other parent exhausted/stressed out?
What a joke - I know we all are! I am just taking a break from researching, filling out applications, printing out info, e-mailing colleges, organizing info, and making sure my dd is still at her project this weekend - essays. I started my process at 9:30 this morning (I should say re-started, as I finished my night last night by filling out the on-line app for BOCO!). It is now 2:45 and I am surrounded by what I have printed out, and just needed to vent!
I guess she is applying to 12 colleges (not entirely certain yet) and it is too much for her to do along with everything she is doing. The Common App Online seems to be a time saver - just filled that out a little while ago and saved it to add the essays that she will write. It looks like that will take care of 3 of the schools. We have I hope 4 auditions scheduled (some of the conservatory applications just went out yesterday, with photo and resume), and am just trying to decide about Unifieds. We are even considering going to NY and then flying to Chicago. I don't think so, though, because we are finding that enough schools do not attend Unifieds, plus trying to get some done in the fall/January, that NY will probably be enough. Difficult to decide how many to try to fit in per day, but more than 2 makes me nervous - we'll see. We will be tired and broke by March, and anxious for responses!
Hope the rest of you are maintaining your sanity, and that we will meet on the audition rounds! Cathy |