<p>After financial considerations, to a certain extent it is the balance is between how involved the student is in his/her own planning that tempers parent involvement and obsession. I have read here on cc that some parents (usually ones who have girls) indicate how little they were involved and sort of scold those of us who have been more involved. </p>
<p>The bottom line is that a student doesn’t know what they don’t know. The college application process has become very complicated. </p>
<p>They are not necessarily equipped to make some of these decisions and college has become too expensive to not have someone (usually the parent) keeping that part in mind while trying to find the best educational experience for the student.</p>