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College Rankings
U.S. News released their college rankings yesterday. There is always a great deal of emphasis placed on these rankings. Colleges boast about their possession in the pecking order and use it for...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Heading to College May Be Deadly
Yes. I said heading to college may be deadly. At the risk of being a naysayer and offering a negative image, recent news confirms my concern. At least eight freshmen at U.S. colleges have died in the...
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The College Major Debate: 4 Points to Steer Teens in the Right Direction
Parents raise children, and often help pay for college educations, so they feel they have a right in lending their advice regarding selecting a major. However, it’s the child’s future at stake, so...
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3 Tips to Help Your Child Prepare and Get Accepted to a Great College
Most parents are thinking about their child’s collegiate future from the moment they enter high school, if not before. Some students are proactive about choosing a dream college and back-up options,...
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Mom-Approved Tips: How to Choose a College
Today I’ve opted to post an article written by a young woman who has worked as a financial aid officer and wants to spread the word about financial literacy and money management skills for...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Planning for an Informed College Choice
Building off of the fabulous and informative articles about the economics of choosing a college featured earlier this month (Payscale’s 2015 College Salary Report and Mom Approved Tips: How to Choose...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Dressing Up for a College
When my kids were little, Halloween was for them. They dressed up in costumes and went trick or treating door to door. My how times have changed. It’s become a family event. Parties are planned,...
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Wednesday’s Parent: Are You Afraid of College Prep?
Are you afraid of college prep? If you’re not, you’re one of the few. Parents, while excited about the prospects of college, are frightened by the actual process. What frightens them most? Any number...
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Wednesday’s Parent: EA and ED–Just Get It Over With (and other reasons)
Today’s topic: applying EA (early action) and ED (early decision). It’s the first week of November and those applications will be arriving at the colleges. Granted, it’s a quick process to complete...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Be Wise-Apply to Backup Schools
Being admitted into your first choice school is a challenge and not a guarantee. No matter how positive you are about your application, no matter how hard you’ve worked to be an ideal applicant, it...
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Campus Steps: A Free Resource for Students and Parents
Campus Steps, the first free platform for students, parents and counselors to connect, communicate and navigate the road to higher education, launched recently. The company is being incubated by...
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Wednesday’s Parent: My Daughter Chose a College by Location
Does location matter when it comes to choosing a college? For some students, it’s all about the location. For others, the location plays a key role in narrowing down the college list. My daughter...
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Stay Employed With These College Majors
Look to the future and what do you see? Flying cars? Steampunk kids riding hoverboards? Downtrodden dystopias with Harrison Ford-alikes running around in long brown overcoats? Well, while these...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Insist Your Student Graduate in 4 Years or Less
Did you know that at most public universities, only 19 percent of full-time students earn a bachelor’s degree in four years? Even at state flagship universities — selective, research-intensive...
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Wednesday’s Parent: A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet
Those famous words from Shakespeare in his play Romeo and Juliet (a rose by any other name would smell as sweet) aren’t just about romance. They can be applied to college—yes college. Go to any...
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Are You Thinking About College During the Holidays?
Go ahead. You know you are. You try and shove it to the back of your mind but it’s there–lurking in the distance. Even if your son or daughter has completed their apps and received early acceptance,...
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T is for Tuesday, Top 10 and Tips
It’s Tuesday. It’s not hump day. It’s the day before New Years Eve and time to reflect on 2014. And nothing says Tuesday more than Tips. Put it all together and you have Tuesday’s Top 10 Tips from...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Other College Blogs I Love
It’s easy to get college information overload online. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and others are shouting “Read Me! Read Me!”. But let’s face it, we only have so much time to assimilate college...
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Wednesday’s Parent: College Prep Peer Pressure
Last month, I was speaking with an interviewer about college prep peer pressure in the context of how it relates to the stress factor. Parents need to factor in peer pressure when they think about...
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Mom-Approved Tips: Six Steps to a Great College Search
This article was originally published on University Parent. –photo courtesy of University Parent– As my children entered high school and began on the college path, I knew I was going to be...
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