<p>for some strang reason, my mother refuses to give me her and my dad's divorce date
and it seems to be a required section for the common application</p>
<p>so will it matter if I just make up a date?</p>
<p>Does she know this is a required part of your college applications? If she still refuses, I think it would be fine to put down a rough estimate. If you are writing essays or you think your recommendations may mention your parents' divorce, you should probably make sure the date you put is roughly consistent (or at least realistic).</p>
<p>Is there any chance that they were never married or perhaps were married, but still aren't divorced? Stranger things have happened....</p>
<p>I think it would be OK in the additional comments section to say that your mom won't tell you the date. I'm sure that you're not the only person whom this has happened to.</p>
<p>yeah her actions are really making me think about what I don't know...</p>
<p>When I told her it was required she just said to put my stepdad's information in the place of my dad's </p>
<p>anyways, I tried saving but it kept on telling me to put the date
i think i'll just estimate the date and explain in the additional section</p>
<p>thanks guys =)</p>