You know you're obsessed with the admissions process

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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I hope all you addicts will share your wisdom on the thread I just opened about planning WAY ahead. My son is even younger than that sophomore one of you wants to mentor. </p>

<p>:) :) ;)</p>

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<p>Wow, right here in San Diego? Perhaps I'll see you in class. :-)</p>

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<p>This thread is hysterical!</p>

<p>OK, I'm guilty of all the above...yes, I still go the college guide section at Borders...even though D1 is a 1st yr college student...D2 is only a freshman in high school!...naturally, still lurking on CC...was posting on D's college thread and was caught by one of her classmates...he asked if I was D's mom!!!! Oh well...caught red handed!!!</p>

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<p>I was going to reply sooner, but I was busy in the Barnes & Noble PSAT and SAT II prep section...</p>

<p>But don't worry, the first thing I did was check CC when I got home...</p>

<p>Hhmmm...</p>

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<p>OK, obviously Step 7 is: I will relinquish visits to Borders and Barnes & Noble.
(And I guess we better stick Amazon in there as well for all of you who are prone to cheating. :) )</p>

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<p>We will soon comtemplate having a CC class reunions that conincide with our kids college reunions</p>

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<p>You know you are obsessed with the college admissions process and CC when you can't remember your real name, only your CC name.</p>

<p>(Not there yet. . .)</p>

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<p>Ellen, I knew that would happen so I planned ahead. :)</p>

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<p>That is pretty funny, Carolyn!</p>

<p>-Susan</p>

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<p>I belong to the group who look for fresh victims. :DI have a friend who has a HS soph and I told her it's not too early to get started, then I offered my help. Shameless. The chase is just SO much fun and it's interesting. Besides, I could be out doing major damage to my credit card, so this keeps me off the streets.;)</p>

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<p>The soph. and jr. friends of my sr D are asking me to help them find a college and apply!!!</p>

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<p>My junior high son is taking a Careers class, and they are currently researching colleges. Yep, I took the (alphabetized) box of daughter's reject college mail to the teacher, and made a "few" suggestions of websites to investigate. Am trying to be very, very careful not to bore those not interested (thank heaven for this board!).</p>

<p>Must try not to put too much college stuff in our Christmas card letter. But ... I wonder if there's a Christmas card out there with Santa in a college jersey?</p>

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<p>I volunteered for 4 years in my D's high school in the College and Career Office just so that I could learn the ins and outs of applying to college and get to know the guidance counselors. </p>

<p>My D graduated last June and is now in college. . .and I am still volunteering, even though I don't have a high school aged kid!!</p>

<p>PS: Carolyn--you make me laugh!</p>

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<p>You know you're obsessed when you become certain that keeping track of it all is beyond the limits of paper and pencil--- you are convinced that at least 90 (very interactive) columns of Excel are the absolute minimum.</p>

<p>Total obsession creeps in once you spend more time with your nose in the Excel manual than in college view books.</p>

<p>"Let's see now.... if I make column 64 show the ratio of ED applicants accepted : to the number of students from Andorra..."</p>

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<p>Soon after your computer crashes... you realize you have not spoken to any of your offspring in several days, and your cat is eating more regularly than you.</p>

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<p>when you read a biographical passage on the PSAT and think to yourself "hmm...this would make for a very good college admissions essay." in fact, reading the essay from the perspective of an adcom was what helped me focus.</p>

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<p>You know you're obsessed.....when you decide to brush up on excel and end up doing a spread sheet of all Pennsylvania colleges (and a few interesting out of state ones) showing cost, SAT's for admit's, etc. And then foist them on any student that shows the slightest interest.</p>

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<p>When you've been campaigning for a grad school forum and your oldest child has been in college for 6 weeks!</p>

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<p>When you keep reading and re-reading threads with topics like: "You know you're obsessed with the admissions process".</p>

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<p>coureur, that was hilarious</p>

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<p>coureur...that is exactly what I was thinking! And that you keep laughing even though you've read the same entries "several" times already.</p>

<p>And fireflyscout I love that your college stuff is alphabetized!</p>