We did not have any portal access, but we did have a family calendar with ALL deadlines for admissions and financial aid to all schools. And our younger kid was asked to check her portals for updates and let us know every week. The older kid was a 2003 admit and online portals were not a thing. We got snail mail for him!
We had no access to online things for admissions results either. But again…many came via snail mail in 2003 and 2006. But we agreed not to open those. They were not addressed to us!
We never had access to college grades…but did ask our kids to log on and show us their grades at the end of each term.
There was one point when I got special permission from our DD to speak to the music department chairperson when DDs private music teacher left the school. I just suggested they include DD in the selection process because she was the first seat player in their orchestra. They did…which was very nice.
I just can’t imagine checking college things all the time for my kids…