<p>How many times do you visit College Discussion? Am I the only one freaking out? Two (sometimes three times) a day, is it too much or there's someone who can beat me?</p>
<p>That makes the two of us (at least!) -- I visit 2-3 times a day, if not more... go to new posts, then search for a couple of colleges to see if anyone posted anything, then do a general reading.</p>
<p>I can stay on the site for hours (like today as I'm not working) -- go do other stuff, then come back. I certainly agree there is something addictive about it! (Although I tell myself it's only to collect information and views so my kid can make the best choice -- which of course is the reason I started visiting in the first place).</p>
<p>Yeah! Same here, I'm really addicted to this site haha. I visit this site like 4 times a day when I don't have school! It's really interesting to read people's posts and insights on different issues etc.</p>
<p>Ditto. I'm visiting the site whenever I'm on the computer to check for new postings. This is crazy! I can't wait till May is here and I can say "yes" I'm going to your school and be done with all the waiting.</p>
<p>I am on this site way too often. I think I have such extreme anxiety over my d college applications, this is a coping mechanism. I'm not really a heli-mom, I just want everything to work out okay for her.</p>
<p>NorthEast: Definitely a coping mechanism here; My d is convinced she will not be accepted at her "top schools"....I kept telling her not to be sooooo pessimistic...After being on this site since last summer, I am now in her camp; I am much more realistic????.....She will definitely be disappointed for a little while, but having the info from this sight will definitely soften the blow.....I have already started talking up the schools she has been accepted to (and I have our friends and family doing the same)......Yea, I should have started having children a couple of years earlier(better demographics), but then I wouldn't have had the $$$ to send them to college at all....</p>
<p>I'm here at least 4-5 times a day...it's sad.</p>
<p>I used to be on here alot, but now that college is taking up most of my time, I come every couple of days for about 15 minutes to check on all the other members...</p>
<p>there's no reason to be addicted here...seriously.</p>
<p>It's kind of like the intermittent reinforcement from the slot machine. You check and check and check, and every one in awhile a payoff! That little yellow dot next to the red star that means a new post in a thread you posted in! Maybe it was a response to something YOU said! Or better yet, maybe there's a special piece of information that will make a difference.....or a question you can help with!...Better keep checking.....</p>
<p>I used sooo addicted once...but really it's not worth being "addicted"...like, frankly..as Innovative said...no reason to be "addicted".</p>