<p>Saw this article and I thought, “Yeah! All done, moving on …”<br>
What are some things you are glad you don’t have to do again? Here are a few of mine:
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<li>college roadtrips</li>
<li>college applications</li>
<li>drive around town, just to get “practice” to get a license</li>
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<p>Sit through another information session where they tell a room full of juniors what classes they should have taken in the first three years of high school.</p>
<p>Wait anxiously for those college acceptance decisions…
Oh wait, I forgot about grad school…
Geez, not again!!!</p>
<p>I have often been happy to have an only child…never having to go through college choice again (well, except for listening when she picks a grad school) is def. one of the top reasons to be happy about it! </p>
<p>S.V.Mom – ‘Too little info too late’ seems to be the modus operandi for far too many GC’s.</p>
<p>everything…just everything…I am so done with having kids in high school…</p>
<p>nag them to:
study for SAT or ACT or subject or AP tests
write their college essays during the summer
complete applications
send transcripts
fill out scholarship applications</p>
<p>hear college admissions people say that they make their school affordable for everyone when you know you are just a whisper above the FA cutoff and won’t get any financial aid and they don’t offer merit aid.</p>
<p>Go in to see the HS GC and hear her say, “I’m glad to finally meet you after talking on the phone and by email so many times.” We had met face-to-face numerous times during junior year and once or twice at the beginning of this year. Then of course she proceeds to tell me she doesn’t have an answer to my question. And it’s not followed by an offer to find out. Ok, it’s probably a thankless job, but I thank GC and college/career counselor every time.</p>
<p>I was going to say “give birth” but wait, that was the easy part! :)</p>
<p>Not that I want to be a wet blanket, but many kids transfer-because of finaid or other issues.
My oldest attended private school K-12 and after she was admitted to middle school ( it ran through high school graduation) I said to myself " I won’t have to do * that* again"!.
Come to think of it, even though her sister attended public high school, it still was quite a process of tours etc.</p>
<p>But I wasn’t involved in the grad school process at all. I didn’t even know about it, until she was already registered for classes.</p>
<p>No more fundraising.</p>
<p>no more robo calls saying that school is delayed or out or that there is an upcoming day off or that I need to put money in the lunch account.</p>
<p>No more college financial aid applications!</p>
<p>Tomorrow I’ll do our last FAFSA!</p>
<p>Getting up at 6:30 just to see son off. I’ll sleep in until 8!!</p>
<p>I loved visiting colleges. Any parents that still have that to do with younger kids, just pm me for my e-mail! (kidding)</p>
<p>Grad school? I never even knew where my daughter was applying until she told me. Some changes are good!</p>
<p>I’m with Kathiep. I’ll take your kids on the college visits!</p>
<p>Cub Scout Pack Meetings.</p>
<p>CCD.</p>
<p>Coach an Odyssey of the Mind team of 5th grade boys.</p>
<p>Open night and parent-teacher conferences.</p>
<p>OK so I still have 2 in college and a sophomore in high school so my list isn’t too long yet but…teething, ear infections, potty training, teaching them to tie their shoes, little league, AYSO soccer, mission project (a California thing I think), grammar school, junior high, braces, permit test, prom dress shopping (#3 is a boy).</p>
<p>I recognize many of the posters on this thread…;)…that’s how long I’ve been around! I concur with all the posts…we just completed our 3rd and last college admissions yr…and it feels GREAT! Tomorrow morning, D3 meets up with the rest of the senior class and will head toward the Colorado River for their last outdoor bonding trip…rowing down the river in canoes!!! Free until Weds night…ahhhh. :D</p>