{"id":665,"date":"2017-03-27T15:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=665"},"modified":"2017-03-27T15:12:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:12:36","slug":"survey-students-not-parents-should-drive-college-admission-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/27\/survey-students-not-parents-should-drive-college-admission-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Students (Not Parents) Should Drive College Admission Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzYeX8Jj6Rw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Parents, take note: Admission officers can tell when you pretend to be your child on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>And butting in to answer questions directed at your son or daughter during a campus visit does more harm than good, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/admission-possible\/2017\/03\/22\/kaplan-survey-parents-may-be-too-involved-in-college-admissions\/\">a recent survey<\/a> of more than 350 US admission officers shows.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 75 percent of survey respondents said that parents should only be \u201csomewhat involved\u201d in the college admission process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents can play a constructive role in their child\u2019s college admission process, whether accompanying on-campus visits, making sure they meet application deadlines, or helping them fill out financial aid paperwork,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/admission-possible\/2017\/03\/22\/kaplan-survey-parents-may-be-too-involved-in-college-admissions\/\">an analysis by Kaplan Test Prep<\/a>, which conducted the survey. \u201cIn other areas, it\u2019s most beneficial for parents to let their child take the lead, including deciding where to apply, letting them speak for themselves when talking with admissions officers, writing their own admissions essays, and the most important decision of all\u2014choosing where to enroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20170322005770\/en\/Kaplan-Test-Prep-Survey-Colleges-Recommend-Parents\">Learn more about the Kaplan survey<\/a>, and find more data about the admission process in NACAC\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/publications\/state-of-college-admission\/\">State of College Admission<\/a><\/em> report.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <a href=\"mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents, take note: Admission officers can tell when you pretend to be your child on the phone. And butting in to answer questions directed at your son or daughter during a campus visit does more harm than good, a recent survey of more than 350 US admission officers shows. Overall, 75 percent of survey respondents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/27\/survey-students-not-parents-should-drive-college-admission-process\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Survey: Students (Not Parents) Should Drive College Admission Process<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[294],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","tag-college-admission-tips-for-parents"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-aJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}