<p>Ahh, writestuff,</p>
<p>But you do get the credit. Just because D is her own free person and does what she needs to do for herself does not mean that you are not a good advisor. You are not responsible for the youngster not carrying through with your very sage advice. :)</p>
<p>Do you know in our case, S was prejudicial against NYU at application time. I had to “coerce” him into throwing the NYU app back into the hopper (due to NYU’s prime location in NYC, which he bought) and he reluctantly submitted the app. Now he is happy and content at NYU. I also had to dissuade him from the NYU summer meal plan but he did not listen until he found out there are only 2 locations open for dining in the summer close to Wash Sq (he is at 14th St.). So, my advice was good (haha, I am not sure about persuading him to apply to NYU. :)), but S followed the advice based on if he wanted to (or not).</p>