From high school on, employment will be a constant consideration for your son or daughter. This can elicit mixed feelings among parents. Your child probably already has a daily schedule packed to the brim with studies and extracurricular activities. There’s often barely enough time for what’s already on his or her plate. Even if … Continue reading How to Help Your College-Bound Teen Find the Right Job
Any time I find a resource that I can recommend to parents, I like to showcase them on my blog. Direct Hits Education is one of those resources. I would say, hands down, it’s the BEST Vocabulary test prep available. Their books, classes and blog give students the ability to understand vocabulary words and … Continue reading Direct Hits Education “Scores”!
College prep overload. If you’re a parent of a college-bound teen, you’ve got it . . . big time. The high schools bombard you with information (which is usually very little concrete advice). The colleges bombard your student with beautiful brochures and promises of academic success if you attend their college. You are bombarded … Continue reading How to Sift Through College Information
Every day I grab my trusty iPod and head to the mall to do my 2.5 miles of walking. I hate walking. To me, it’s boring and a waste of my time. However, it’s critical to my health and every day I tell myself it’s just something I have to grin and bear. But … Continue reading Mom-Approved Tips: Listen to College Podcasts
As the offers of admission arrive, the financial aid award letters will follow. If you’re a novice to the award letters, as most first time college parents are, they can be confusing and vague. Added to the confusion is that every award letter is different, making it hard to easily compare them side by … Continue reading How to Decipher the Financial Aid Award Letter
Financial aid can be confusing for parents and students. From scholarships, to loans, to 529 funding, it can be an overwhelming process. Student financial aid comes in all shapes and sizes – and one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to paying for college. With many different student loans to choose from, finding … Continue reading A Financial Aid Flowchart
Most parents believe that the scholarship search begins at the beginning of senior year. But if you wait until then, your student is going to be overwhelmed and frustrated. Senior year is so busy, they have little time to search for scholarships, let alone apply. Here’s a simple scholarship search timeline for each grade … Continue reading Scholarship Friday: Scholarship Search Timeline
A lot is riding on making a good college list. Your student will be applying to the schools on the final list so they better offer the best chance for student success. It’s so important that Wendy and I are giving our tips in two parts. Today’s Part 1 is about general criteria and next week’s … Continue reading Wednesday’s Parent: You Want to Go to College Where?–A College List Part 1
According to the latest “Open Doors” survey of international conducted annually by the Institute of International Education., the number of international students at U.S. universities increased 7.2 percent in 2012-13 to an all-time high of 819,644. The number of Americans studying abroad grew to 283,332 in 2011-12, representing a 3.4 percent increase over the … Continue reading Mom-Approved Tips: The Pros and Cons of Study Abroad
With all the talk about senior to-do-lists and the excitement around the college offers and graduation, it’s easy to forget about the juniors. When it comes right down to it, this should be when juniors amp up their game in anticipation of the fall and senior year. It’s time to start now! Here are … Continue reading Top 10 Activities for College-Bound Juniors