Stressful College Admissions Process

Stressful College Admissions Process August 3, 2012 We take a lot of the stress out of the relationship between parents and children during the college admissions process. We serve as a buffer. The stressful college admissions process isnt always that much fun. If youre a parent, its not fun to have to remind your child every summer day that she should start writing her college admissions essays. And when the fall rolls around and she still hasnt made progress on this front, it will only get more stressful. Children especially teenagers simply dont want to listen to their parents. Theyre rebellious. They know better. To be reminded every day by a parent to write college essays may even only encourage them to put them off even longer! There are so many mistakes that parents and students make in the college admissions process. Many of these mistakes are made because they simply dont know better. They dont fully understand the game of college admissions. They dont understand how one box checked wrongly on an application or one word in an essay can mean the difference between an acceptance and a denial. But beyond the potential pitfalls of the highly selective college admissions process, parents and students often just cant deal with each other during this most stressful time in their lives. And thats where we come in. When a teenager slams a door on a parent because they dont want to talk about college essays, that parent is frustrated. We take the frustration away. We become the reminders. We bug your children to do what they need to do and when they need to do it. We get them to put that video game away. We get them to sit down and write. Theres no yelling. There are no shouting matches. We take that away. We make your relationship with your child better by serving as buffers. While theres a whole lot more we do than merely serving as a buffer, being a buffer youll find is rather important! And check out this video on Parental Stress and College Admissions.