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<p>IME, it is far better to be the one managing this yourself than to have parents be involved provided you have the wherewithal to keep yourself on task to get everything done before it is due. If a slacker student who graduated near the bottom of his class like me could manage it at 16-17, you most certainly can. :)</p>
<p>Though it meant no guidance from my parents…it also meant I had much more freedom over managing the college application process than my wealthier classmates whose parents not only involved…but often micromanaged the process to the point both parties were often frustrated. Micromanagement sometimes got to the absurd point of parents insisting their child gain admission to a certain HYP school the parent(s) attended or certain majors(Pre-med, economics, insistence on planning for law school, and finance seemed to be the ones the parents insisted on the most) on the risk of being disowned. :(</p>