Category: High school to college
Mom Shares Lessons Learned From Son’s College Search
Road2College- January 23, 2021 0We recently asked a member of our Paying for College 101 Facebook group to share her approach to finding the right college for her son, ... Read More
What Is a Trade School?
Matthew Schwartz- January 15, 2021 0A trade school, sometimes referred to as a vocational school, is an educational institution students attended in order to learn hands-on skills in a specific ... Read More
High School Classes to Teach Teens Life Skills
Matthew Schwartz- January 8, 2021 0High school is an important part of any teenager’s development. Outside of school, it’s a time when teens get their first feelings of independence, whether ... Read More
How Colleges Calculate Your High School GPA
Maria Tzavidis- January 7, 2021 0The movement for colleges toward being test-optional has gained momentum over the last ten years. With COVID-19 changing this year’s high school experience, the trend ... Read More
12 Steps to Take if You Haven’t Saved Enough for College
Tonya Holly- June 24, 2020 0This was our story... Spring break was over, and so was our son’s senior year...almost. We spent most of high school exploring careers; plotting a ... Read More
The Decline of College Student Mental Health and What Parents Can Do About It
Nancy L. Wolf- June 17, 2020 0An increasing number of high school in the U.S. are struggling with mental health challenges. And the numbers continue to rise as these high school ... Read More
How Families Are Celebrating Their High School Seniors
Taayoo Murray- May 13, 2020 0COVID-19 has proven to be the ultimate disrupter; most evidenced in the education sector and the lives of graduating high school seniors. With the ... Read More
Colleges Are Considering These Options for Fall 2020
Melissa T. Shultz- April 26, 2020 0If we’ve learned one thing about COVID-19, it’s that we need to expect the unexpected. So much so, that as Siri says (repeatedly) when we’ve ... Read More
Leaning Toward Community College as a Result of COVID-19? Here’s What You Should Know
Angie McCullagh- April 22, 2020 0Research has shown that many high school seniors who hadn’t considered attending a community college before COVID-19 emerged worldwide, will now add two-year schools ... Read More
Which College Majors May Be Influenced by the Pandemic?
Melissa T. Shultz- April 18, 2020 0The long-term effects of COVID-19 on our society as a whole, and on our individual health, is still unknown. What we do know is that ... Read More
