Student orientation is a rite of passage for every college student, but these days colleges are offering parents the same opportunity as they tour the campus their child is attending.
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Posted: 10/8/10
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As a grandparent, is it better to participate in paying for a grandchild's education before they enter college - or after?
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Posted: 4/27/10
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The college admission process has become so challenging, confusing and competitive that most parents don’t even recognize it! It is certainly not the experience we had fifteen or twenty years ago.
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Posted: 3/23/10
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In my work with students I discuss what to do on a campus visit, what to look for, what to ask, what to wear. But often, it is the parents who need the advice!
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Posted: 2/12/10
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What can parents do to help their children get into their top-choice colleges?
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Posted: 2/3/10
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When it comes to getting help with your college application, how much is too much?
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Posted: 12/7/09
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By limiting your participation to the roles of Coach, Consultant, and Executive Secretary, you’ll allow students to maintain control of their own college search and applications.
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Posted: 7/16/09
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For many parents, the stress associated with their child’s prospects of getting into and going to college begins at conception. In fact, pregnancy tests might do well to include the projected cost of a college education right on the little stick next to the response window. Now, while children in utero are, hopefully, not experiencing this pressure, it is not long after they enter the world that stress begins to rear its ugly head.
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Posted: 7/14/09
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Did you ever think we would long for the good old days when getting our sons or daughters into college was the top preoccupation that kept parents of high school juniors and seniors up at night? With balances in college funds falling by double digits and housing prices continuing their decline, paying for college now may trump college admissions as the primary source of stress for parents of high school students.
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Posted: 7/1/09
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“Happy families are all alike; every family visiting colleges is difficult in its own way.” And thus begins Tolstoy’s great masterpiece, Anna Karenina Applies to College.
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Posted: 9/5/08
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