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...
What to Do When You’ve Been Rejected from Your Dream School
The college application process is something that we only have to go through once…if we are lucky. It can be exhausting, defeating, and upsetting. However, college is an investment. An investme...
What I Have In Common With Lori Loughlin & Felicity Huffman
For the last three consecutive years, it’s essentially been my full time job to help get my oldest four kids accepted into the best colleges we can afford. Which is a bigger task than most people woul...
Why Taking a Gap Year Could Be A Senior’s Best Next Decision
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Yes, Average Students Do Succeed in College
“Average Students Do Succeed in College” is a rarely seen, though quite accurate, headline. In the midst of college admission mania and the hype surrounding Top Name Colleges, it is easy to see why ...
Signs of College Admissions Stress and How To Help
Laura’s daughter, a senior in a magnet program at a suburban public high school, is struggling far more with the college application process than her two older siblings did. This concerns Laura...
College Move-In Day: What Parents Need to Know
Let’s talk College Move-In Day… At the beginning of each school year, hundreds of thousands of college students descend upon cities and towns all around the country. They and their shell-shocked paren...
10 Talks to Have With Your High School Student To Help Manage Their Stress
High school can be a very stressful time in a teenager’s life. There’s pressures from all directions: internal, social media, family, friends, schoolwork, college admissions,...
Three Established Facts About College Selection From An Expert
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Advice For College Freshmen, Adjusting Takes Time
It’s the end of April and I’ve just returned from a fabulous mother/daughter sorority weekend with my daughter at her college. I’m so glad to see her thriving with terrific f...