Parents. Do The Simple Application Tasks.

Parents – if your son or daughter is a high school senior applying to college this fall, plan to help them by doing the simple, time consuming application tasks.

Senior year students will be so busy this year that their time MUST be spent on the important parts of college applications. You, the parent, should help your student by assisting with what I call the “tedious but necessary” tasks. These tasks include writing required information on paper draft copy college applications (i.e., personal data, address information, family household data, name and address of current high school, etc.), typing student name and address on the top portion of recommendation forms, mailing application materials via U.S. registered mail, and much, much more.

By far, the most important part of applications on which students should focus their efforts is the essays (both the long- and short-length application essays). Essays must be the original, creative, captivate reader’s interest, and (ideally) support the student theme; all of this takes time, lots of time.

Parents alleviating their son/daughter from the burden of completing the “tedious but necessary” tasks provide their student the advantage of extra time to write superior essays and complete all application tasks in a timely manner with less personal stress.

Parents should help their son or daughter and watch their success in taking action to plan and apply for their dream of attending their favorite four year college or university. For more information visit MyCollegeCalendar.org