Tension levels rise steadily as parents and students get closer to the time for colleges and universities to notify students about admissions’ decisions and the time for students to select thei...
Types of Insurance Your College Student Might Need
Nora Savosnick is a photojournalism student from Norway who is studying in New York. She has a lot of expensive camera equipment that she carries with her all around the city. If she were a stu...
The Decline of Student Mental Health and What Parents Can Do About It
An increasing number of high school and college students in the U.S. are struggling with mental health challenges. The media is filled with articles about students experiencing high levels...
Colleges Like Parents. They Really Do…..Sort of.
Let’s start with a basic truth: Parents, you are not the ones going to college. Your kids are. Colleges therefore prefer, and most insist, that by the time they get to college, kids are able to...
How My Son’s Gap Year Paid Off
Parenting is the hardest job most anybody has ever had. Perhaps one of the hardest parts of that already hard job is to help guide your children’s education. It has often been said that e...
Pros and Cons of Double Majoring
The appeal of graduating with not only one degree, but two degrees is often alluring for many college students. Two degrees means more career options, a possible higher starting salary, and extra mark...
Dorm Living vs. Off-Campus Living
One of the biggest changes incoming freshmen anticipate—and biggest expenses, outside of tuition— is living away from home. Though some attending college locally will have the opportunity to st...
3 Tips for Helping Your College Student Move for the First Time
For many young people, their first moving experience occurs when they leave for college. Lots of schools require that incoming freshmen live in the dorms. If your son or daughter plans to atten...
Talking to Your Teen about Drinking in College
Your son or daughter will be leaving for college before you know it, and hopefully you’ve had conversations about underage drinking long before now. The importance of such talks can’t be stressed enou...
Best Paying Jobs for College Students
When Tyler was accepted at his dream school, a private university, he knew it meant higher tuition and other college costs. He knew that he needed to work while he was in school in order to contribute...