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Logistically, probably scheduling, but because my work schedule was so flexible, it wasn't a problem when kids needed flexibility too. I could imagine, though, that if I had a more stringent schedule, things would have gotten tricky. On a more profound level, I think it can be challenging to work with kids who don't have a great sense of the college process and the kinds of decisions and work they need to take ownership of. But that's an existential flaw of the affluent American adolescent that will likely never be solved!

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Logistically, probably scheduling, but because my work schedule was so flexible, it wasn't a problem when kids needed flexibility too. I could imagine, though, that if I had a more stringent schedule, things would have gotten tricky. On a more profound level, I think it can be challenging to work with kids who don't have a great sense of the college process and the kinds of decisions and work they need to take ownership of. But that's an existential flaw of the affluent American adolescent that will likely never be solved!

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My biggest challenge this year was when we had some admin changes toward the end and with students I picked up from other coaches who had to leave midway through the season. I sometimes felt like neither I nor the student were fully up to speed on what we were supposed to be doing, so I had to quickly get my bearings. However, as an experienced coach, this wasn't too much of a problem, and I feel ready to meet those kind of on-the-fly challenges next season.

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My biggest challenge this year was when we had some admin changes toward the end and with students I picked up from other coaches who had to leave midway through the season. I sometimes felt like neither I nor the student were fully up to speed on what we were supposed to be doing, so I had to quickly get my bearings. However, as an experienced coach, this wasn't too much of a problem, and I feel ready to meet those kind of on-the-fly challenges next season.

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I sometimes struggle to keep on top of the workflow software. This year felt much smoother for me than last season, but there were definitely weeks where I was missing notifications or forgetting to move things over in the proofing queue, partly because it was hard to keep track of notifications that were coming in from multiple platforms (Google Docs, MT, CPP, text, email) at very different times during the day (depending on when people were working). I do want to focus on being more organized, timely, and efficient in how I respond to those notifications.

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I sometimes struggle to keep on top of the workflow software. This year felt much smoother for me than last season, but there were definitely weeks where I was missing notifications or forgetting to move things over in the proofing queue, partly because it was hard to keep track of notifications that were coming in from multiple platforms (Google Docs, MT, CPP, text, email) at very different times during the day (depending on when people were working). I do want to focus on being more organized, timely, and efficient in how I respond to those notifications.

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The process felt a bit rushed and stressful with some students. Meeting the time requirements with students who took longer to draw out was challenging.

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The process felt a bit rushed and stressful with some students. Meeting the time requirements with students who took longer to draw out was challenging.

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Maybe change the name of the surveys. Questionnaire? I wonder if calling them surveys makes parents think it's optional to fill out. I think I would think that way.

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Maybe change the name of the surveys. Questionnaire? I wonder if calling them surveys makes parents think it's optional to fill out. I think I would think that way.

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CPP - when scheduling themselves, I need L&B to make sure it's clear at which office the meeting is taking place and to enter the "Participant"'s name so that CPP tracks hours correctly. :)

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CPP - when scheduling themselves, I need L&B to make sure it's clear at which office the meeting is taking place and to enter the "Participant"'s name so that CPP tracks hours correctly. :)

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multiple versions of essays meant students would sometimes return to tweak essays after they were finalized (but they were revising old versions). also the general issue of students tweaking and tweaking after proofing done. final didn't mean final in many cases

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multiple versions of essays meant students would sometimes return to tweak essays after they were finalized (but they were revising old versions). also the general issue of students tweaking and tweaking after proofing done. final didn't mean final in many cases

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students/parents not understanding things like rec letters and test scores (even with our emails!)

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students/parents not understanding things like rec letters and test scores (even with our emails!)

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still the surprise/changed essay prompts- some last minute scrambling

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still the surprise/changed essay prompts- some last minute scrambling

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lots of kids = not getting to know them quite as well

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one person managing essay process and reading all essays a bit too much during crunch time

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one person managing essay process and reading all essays a bit too much during crunch time

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finalization of resumes/parent sign off not really worked out

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finalization of resumes/parent sign off not really worked out

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A few students didn't show up in my Harvest app while I was proofing their  essays.

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A few students didn't show up in my Harvest app while I was proofing their  essays.

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knowing which consultant was with each student was difficult.

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knowing which consultant was with each student was difficult.

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filling in for other essay coaches was difficult because it meant not having any time to build a rapport with a student.

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filling in for other essay coaches was difficult because it meant not having any time to build a rapport with a student.

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Many students didn't do the work they were supposed to do between sessions which made it difficult to meet deadlines and resulted in me feeling pressure to assist more.

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Many students didn't do the work they were supposed to do between sessions which made it difficult to meet deadlines and resulted in me feeling pressure to assist more.

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It wasn't always clear to me when a student had hours to spare or not. CPP didn't always seem accurate about that.

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It wasn't always clear to me when a student had hours to spare or not. CPP didn't always seem accurate about that.

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The lack of a style guide for proofing meant that there wasn't clear guidance.

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The lack of a style guide for proofing meant that there wasn't clear guidance.

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Trying to work in the same room with another student was really distracting.

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Trying to work in the same room with another student was really distracting.

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The CPP college information section about essays was often incorrect or not updated.

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The CPP college information section about essays was often incorrect or not updated.

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Sometimes a student in CPP was not input in a way that they could receive a reminder email. 

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Sometimes a student in CPP was not input in a way that they could receive a reminder email. 

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Sometimes the Allcollegeessays account was cut off so we couldn't quickly look up essays there. This ended up causing some writing time to be taken up with searching other places for updated prompts

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Sometimes the Allcollegeessays account was cut off so we couldn't quickly look up essays there. This ended up causing some writing time to be taken up with searching other places for updated prompts

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Sometimes a writing prompt just didn't show up in the common app or showed up sporadically - this happened on Rice several times. A 4th prompt sometimes didn't appear. This caused one student some last minute panic

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Sometimes a writing prompt just didn't show up in the common app or showed up sporadically - this happened on Rice several times. A 4th prompt sometimes didn't appear. This caused one student some last minute panic

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Some supplement prompts changed a lot or just a little late in the process and it caused problems at application time.

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Some supplement prompts changed a lot or just a little late in the process and it caused problems at application time.

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Some students and families did not appear to read through the handouts/or take in the info. about securing letters of recommendation and sending test scores and as a result there was some last minute scrambling to get these in for about 7-9 of my students

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Some students and families did not appear to read through the handouts/or take in the info. about securing letters of recommendation and sending test scores and as a result there was some last minute scrambling to get these in for about 7-9 of my students

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North office front room was sometimes used as a waiting room by families of students in test prep sessions and this was a little distracting for students working on essays and applications in that room

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North office front room was sometimes used as a waiting room by families of students in test prep sessions and this was a little distracting for students working on essays and applications in that room

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Several writing supplement prompts were buried deep in Common App school specific questions and surfaced during final steps of application process 

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Several writing supplement prompts were buried deep in Common App school specific questions and surfaced during final steps of application process 