<p>Anyone else tired of “cracking the whip” over outside scholarship apps?? I feel like the Wicked Witch of the West: “write this essay”, “get more transcripts”!! But, if D can manage landing a few of these for a few extra thousand here or there, that much less in loans need to be signed. Today I told her, “call your two grandmothers and see how you can tie in your Portuguese heritage with your Jewish heritage and write a 500 word essay about it!!” I think after this is over, I am going to start my own college application advising business - it has turned into a part-time job for me! Thanks, just needed to vent - now I feel much better!</p>
<p>“This” may never be over. After “this” come applications for summer internships, fellowships, grad schools. Allie’smom, “This” is just the beginning! ;)</p>
<p>allie’smom~</p>
<p><em>ROFL</em> I can <em>SO</em> relate!!! Though it’s been two years since we had to go after that stuff with such a passion, trust me, it lives on in my memory! 
I’m sure your D is equally weary of all of this…but GOOD JOB for fightin’ the good fight for those scholarships! I hope that some of them pan out for her! BEST of LUCK!</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Many of us have “been there done that” and there’s no denying that it’s a hassle to ride your kid. In S’s case, however, the effort has paid off handsomely. He’s earned more in the past month than I do in a year! So keep pushing, mom.</p>
<p>katliamom,
I wish I’d read your post last year! I hadn’t even thought about summer internships until my son was home for spring break - I asked him if he’d started thinking about what he was going to do this summer. I got a blank stare “summer?” I don’t think he thought I was serious that he’d have to get a summer job…when he started searching for something interesting to do during his spring break all the deadlines for internships or REU’s were long past. Oh well, he may be a very unhappy guy flipping burgers this summer unless he’s able to find something on campus for the summer that is more related to what he’s studying(then I’ll be unhappy cuz I won’t see him much). I’d really thought my job of riding my son to get things done was over. I’m crossing my fingers this is all part of the learning curve and his sophmore year will be different.</p>