http://theneuroticparent.com/2012/02/toxic-levels-of-obsession.html Angst-ridden look at the college admissions process Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://theneuroticparent.com/2012/02/toxic-levels-of-obsession.html#comment-1675 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:12:20 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=94#comment-1675 I know that 90% of this site is satire (or at least, I hope so), but I find it actually crazy how many “neurotic parents” your message seems to resonate with… when I applied to college last year, I told my parents very clearly that the appication process and my academic life were my responsibility, and that their responsibility was either paying tuition or digging up the tax returns and other boing stuff necessary for the aid applications so somebody else would pay the tuition.
Less than two months into senior year, I was done applying (my early action deadlines were Oct. 15), and my neurotic parents never had to sign me up for SAT prep or ship me off to build houses in Latin America or edit my application essays.
To other kids – don’t even give your parents the chance.

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