Category: Freshman year
What’s It Like Attending a Party School?
Road2College- 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
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
Where To Get Cheap Textbooks For College
Matthew Schwartz- August 2, 2019 0The price tags on college textbooks are rising just as fast as tuition costs. For a single course, a student may spend over ... Read More
A Parent’s Guide to College 102: Move-In Day & Beyond
Road2College- August 1, 2019 0Two years ago my oldest graduated college, but I can still picture her walking back to her dorm after we said our goodbyes ... Read More
Types of Insurance Your College Student Might Need
Road2College- July 2, 2019 0Nora Savosnick is a photojournalism student from Norway who is studying in New York. She has a lot of expensive camera equipment that she carries ... Read More
Colleges Like Parents. They Really Do…..Sort of.
Road2College- May 23, 2019 0Let’s start with a basic truth: Parents, you are not the ones going to college. Your kids are. Colleges therefore prefer, and most insist, ... Read More
How Often Do College Students Talk To Their Parents?
Arlena McClenton- October 24, 2018 0There is no doubt about it that once your child leaves for college, the amount of day-to-day (or hour-to-hour) contact you have with them changes. ... Read More
A Practical Packing List Of Things To Bring To College
Road2College- July 21, 2018 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
College Dorm Checklist: Advice For Parents Of Freshmen
Road2College- July 3, 2018 0I hesitate to write this, but I know it will be beneficial advice to parents of soon to be college freshmen. I have outfitted ... Read More
Mental Health Problems College Students Face
Road2College- June 21, 2018 0As a parent who has just finished the college admissions process with your student, you probably feel maxed out on advice. Instead, you’ve moved ... Read More