How Colleges Work

Engage With Other Parents During Orientation

As your student makes their final preparations for college and new student orientation, don’t think for a minute that your…

3 months ago

Budgeting With Your College Student

When students go off to college, we worry about many things. These include: how will they do academically? Will they…

4 months ago

Using the Family Vacation for College Visits

Family vacations can serve a dual purpose if you have a student thinking about college. Combining your family vacation with…

5 months ago

Shorten Their Time to Degree With Summer School

This is the second in my “making the most of summer” series. We often look at summer school as a…

7 months ago

Make Summer Break Worth It

A year or so ago, I talked about how high school students could make the most of their summer break.…

7 months ago

Connecting Majors to Careers

Many parents think of the majors our students pursue and assume they transfer directly into careers. But that isn’t the…

8 months ago

Your Financial Aid Plan B

Are you wondering why your student hasn’t received their financial aid package yet? Actually, if you’re involved in this process,…

9 months ago

What Does The Career Center Really Do?

For years, I’ve encouraged students to visit the career center of their college or university as soon as they arrive…

1 year ago

Should Your Student Apply Early Decision?

It’s that time! High school students are scrambling to submit their early decision and early action applications to college. Perhaps…

1 year ago

Binge Drinking in College

Many parents worry about their students engaging in binge drinking in college, and they should. Binge drinking is a dangerous…

1 year ago