<p>Yes. Great post.
Had to laugh when I realized that I was very focused on figuring out exactly how a deadline had been missed. I like to know how errors are made so I don’t repeat them. ( I’ve had plenty of experience with my own errors! lol) S says to me: “Why do you even care? I’m the youngest and you will never have to live through this again.” He’s right, of course.
And I think I figured out that colleges where he wasn’t planning to apply EA, send out postcards saying that they have extended the EA deadline or waived the fee if the app is submitted EA. So suddenly, S gets wicked motivated and decides to apply EA to 4 schools. Basically, the kid wants to save the app fee. He seems to have little concept of the difference between a $20,000 and a $40,000 school loan. But he sure knows the value of 40 or 50 bucks!</p>