The steps that your high school student took from middle school to high school were big steps. For them finding a way to get to school, handle the increased work load, and having to start thinking about colleges were often overwhelming. If they have a job or are involved with extracurricular activities it magnifies … Continue reading How to help your high school student learn organization
The New Year has begun and what better way to kick it off to a good start than applying to scholarships. Here are just a few sites listing scholarships with January deadlines: About.com list of scholarships with January deadlines http://collegeapps.about.com/od/grantsandscholarships/tp/college-scholarships-january.htm Cappex list of scholarships with January deadlines http://www.cappex.com/blog/scholarships/27-scholarships-with-deadlines-in-january/ Top 10 scholarships for African American … Continue reading Scholarship Friday: Scholarships with January deadlines
As I was thinking about a post for Thanksgiving I began thinking about all the college experts I am thankful for. Their encouragement and expertise has contributed to my parent readers and helped many parents of college-bound teens this year. If you’re not acquainted with them, you should be. Wendy David-Gaines This woman is … Continue reading College experts that warm my heart this Thanksgiving
Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! One of the unnamed difficulties of college is the allocation of resources and time. All too often, students are blindsided by the sudden responsibility of managing and scheduling their classes, courses and homework dates without any overseeing parental body to guide their … Continue reading 5 Tips to help manage your studies
Students have a lot to worry about when they get into higher education. For many, it is the first time they are on their own and have to worry about things like laundry and cooking. Even more, they have to worry about including study time in addition to other responsibilities. This can be very … Continue reading 5 Study tools for science students
The entrance of smartphones in our lives brought a lot of changes in the way we do things. This is due to the fact that this small communication device can assist us to undertake a lot of activities much easier and faster than before. However, each of these activities makes your battery deplete. This … Continue reading Tips to make a smartphone battery last longer
We check our bank account online, couple our televisions to our in-home wireless networks, instant message our coworkers, stay connected via social networks, rely on the GPS navigation in our cars, and otherwise depend on information technology for our modern lifestyle. Behind all of these daily conveniences is a team of experts keeping systems … Continue reading Information Technology Careers: Keeping pace with innovation
There is nothing more tempting to your student after finishing junior year finals, than to close his laptop, stow his books and vow not to think about anything school-related until the last week of August rolls around. The bad news is, senior year takes a little more planning than students want it to and getting … Continue reading Summer activities for next year’s high school seniors
Tonight’s #CollegeCash Chat was centered around available tech resources for the college-bound and their parents. Following is a short transcript of the questions and answers with all the links I provided. As a parent myself and a parent advocate I understand the frustration with the college admissions process. It’s my hope that you will … Continue reading Tech resources for the college-bound
If your student is lucky he’ll end up with a dorm room that’s roughly the size of a shoebox (as opposed to the postage-stamp variety). Let’s face it: dorm rooms are small and cramped! And most of them already come with two twin beds, two desks and chairs, and two wardrobes, which means even … Continue reading How to make the most of a small college dorm room