<p>Let’s not forget they are canoeing through rapids 
!</p>
<p>Marite…you bring to mind that I was always very relunctant to admit to anyone of child bearing age that my youngest slept through the night at 5 weeks. But I do have long labor stories to tell with D1 ! :D</p>
<p>Let’s face it, some parental involvement navigating the college admissions quagmire is ideal. The degree of that is gonna vary from family to family.
Heck, even the process itself must vary quite a lot because Originaloog’s story of an application taking the one night and poof, he was kinda done is nothing like the process either of my kids had to do. Not even the process my hubby had to do given the CSS Profile AND the FAFSA. Both my kids wrote numerous essays. One kid had auditions. So, even that varies from family to family. I just know that my D felt sorry for the kids whose parents were uninvolved. And I also know that her letter to me of appreciation of my support through the process (after it was over) is one I won’t forget. She still did it herself and drove the process, as well as made all the choices with no influence on our end, but I was definitely involved as the “guide” …kinda like those guys in Italy on the canal boats…</p>
<p>Susan</p>