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mom2mpr
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Posted: Sept 08 2015 at 5:13pm \| IP Logged

Ds is applying to some California schools and NYU. They want ME to fill out this section of the Common App(I am shaking in my boots

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Has anyone here done this that would be willing to share what they wrote? I have an idea of what I want to say but would love some examples to see if I am heading the right direction or being to "mom-like."
Thanks!

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Posted: Nov 04 2015 at 11:22am \| IP Logged

Have you finished this? If so, what did you do?

My oldest went to public high school from the middle of 10th grade on (long story), so I only had to account for three semesters, and sent it as "supplementary material" (since he is graduating from public h.s.). I'd be happy to share what I wrote, but I don't know if it would serve your purpose, as it's not quite the same thing.

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Posted: Nov 05 2015 at 7:47pm \| IP Logged

II found a group that had a lot of different examples-everyone's kids seemed to get into college

so it meant, to me, it really didn't matter much as long as some information was there.
In the whole process of filling it out, I tried not to repeat information. In my counselor recommendation(stuck to character), school profile(stuck to school philosophy, his SAT, ACT scores, and our teaching style/philosophy, information about our move, etc.), then the transcript, course descriptions, dual enrollment class info, all was loaded on my counselor side and his extracurricular activities were entered by Ds. It was quite the chore and it was hard to complete some of the areas because it felt like I was repeating myself, but we got it done. And he will get in to college

if I can remember to get the name of the group I found examples in I will post it.

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Posted: Nov 05 2015 at 8:38pm \| IP Logged

That's pretty much what I did on all our applications, though I don't specifically remember what I did on the Common App . . . in the main I just tried to be as impartial as possible, to talk about strengths but not sound like "Mom Thinks Her Baby Is The Most Perfectest Baby In The World." That's hard . . .

But yes -- that stuff is such a small part of the picture that they're looking at. And it will all be fine!

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