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Parents too involved in college admissions says new survey

So called “helicopter parents” appear to be hovering over their children in increasing numbers as they apply to colleges, according to a new survey, and it may not be in the best interest of the students to have their parents overhead.

Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions released a new survey of college admissions officials from 386 universities. Seventy-seven percent of those officials said they felt parents have become increasingly involved in their children’s application process.

Kristen Campbell, executive director of Kaplan’s college prep programs, said they have been asking admissions officials this question on and off for the past decade, and it is not new to have more parents involved in the process. But it did increased significantly this year.

Campbell said parent involvement has increased as the admission process has gotten more competitive at large public schools and top private schools.

Wren Singer, director of the Center for First-Year Experience at the University of Wisconsin, said in an email to The Badger Herald she has seen a steady increase in the involvement of parents in the lives of their college-age students.

“Unlike previous generations, parents and students in this generation are friends. They talk daily, and students consider their parents their best source of advice,” Singer said.

Read the full story at the Badger Herald.

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