Category: College Life
Adulting 101: Essential Life Skills For Your Teen
Becky Korinek- January 14, 2020 0The diploma is in hand and the thank-you notes sent. You've spent waaaaay too much at Target buying dorm necessities. Suddenly, it hits you: Your ... Read More
A Practical Packing List of Things to Bring to College
Tonya Holly- December 21, 2019 0Well summer is in full swing and most high school graduates have been vegging out for weeks. Notice, I didn’t say ‘Seniors," because they have ... Read More
Tips To Help Save Merit Scholarships In Jeopardy
Sabrina Malone- December 8, 2019 0Your student worked hard in high school to earn a merit scholarship in college, but sometimes keeping up the grades once in college, isn't as ... Read More
When College Kids Come Home For the Holidays
Deborah J. Cohan- November 27, 2019 0As we approach the holidays, many college students are headed back home for the first time since summer. This can create a combination of joyful ... Read More
What’s It Like Attending Top Party Schools?
Charlene Adhiambo- October 4, 2019 0Should your student attend a “party school?" There comes a time during the college search process when a high school student and their parent must ... Read More
“Failure to Launch” Is Not A Label You Want For Your Child
Susan Anderer- September 27, 2019 0A few years ago, there was a film in the theaters called "Failure to Launch." . It was a romantic comedy about an adult who ... Read More
What NOT To Bring To A College Dorm
Connie Lissner- September 25, 2019 0Around the last week of August last year, just as the first Hello Kitty notebook hit the shelves at Target (signaling the start of ... Read More
Care Package Ideas Your College Student Will Love
Jennifer Kaplan- September 24, 2019 0So you’ve gone through the difficult process of sending your child off to college. After lugging around untold numbers of boxes and suitcases and hand ... Read More
College Fees & Expenses Beyond Tuition—A Game of Hide-and-Seek?
Road2College- September 18, 2019 0The acceptance letters and financial aid offers that will soon (hopefully) be lying before you on your kitchen table will send the signal to choose ... Read More
What I Wish I Knew About Access to My Child’s College Records
Road2College- September 17, 2019 0FERPA and Getting Access to Your Child's College Records PARENT STORY When my son started college, I didn’t know that I wouldn't automatically have ... Read More