<p>RiskCareDream, I wouldn’t have advised your daughter to put all her eggs into one application either, but maybe she feels perfectly free to have another go at it next year. She’s doing it on her own time and her own terms, testing the water with one application and learning the ropes. </p>
<p>As homeschooling parents, we have so much at stake with these applications. I mean, what homeschooling parent hasn’t had that nagging little question about college admissions, no matter how many success stories we’ve seen or read about, and no matter how many times we’ve defended and explained how it can all work out perfectly? </p>
<p>But we’ve made all this effort to teach our kids they can control their own lives. Why should we turn around and expect them to carry the burden of our worries? To them, our fears are tedious, boring, and for the most part useless. </p>
<p>Raise them to think for themselves, and look what happens.</p>