<p>I wouldn’t say they are all chronic procrastinators. Kids apply to a lot of schools these days and some schools require a lot of additional writing. Some of the supplements were really straight forward and easy but others took a lot of creativity and thought. My own D started submitting applications end of October but she turned in her last 2 applications this week. It’s not that she procrastinated. It really took her that long to get the writing where she wanted it. 13 schools… about 6 full length essays and several more small paragraph answers. That on top of school, testing, scholarship applications (which has been another 3 or 4 major essays and apps so far) and everything else there is to do. Having a week off from school to focus on polishing really helped. If cost wasn’t an issue, I think she would have only applied to 5 or 6 schools but for us, we really need to shop merit scholarship and financial aid packages.</p>
<p>I have no doubt there are kids that just didn’t focus this semester and are trying to cram months of work into a couple days. However, most kids we know have been submitting steadily with maybe just one or two left come crunch time.</p>