This is the time of year when seniors should be applying to 3-5 colleges, getting their recommendation letters finalized and sending off official transcripts, but many of them haven't done anything yet. Procrastination seems like the most obvious culprit, but perhaps the answer lies somewhere deeper in the human psyche. Paralysis by fear of the unknown, or the simple uneasiness that comes with all of life's periods of transition stops many kids from taking the necessary steps to begin let alone finish the application process. That fear is often much more prevalent with kids who will be first generation college students, and whose parents have little or no experience with the dynamics of the entire college process.
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