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A Global Nomad’s Guide to College
Families whose children have spent their school-age years living abroad can often reach a state of frustration or panic when embarking on the college application process. It’s important to remember that the majority of the more than 4,000 universities in the U.S. and Canada have worked with international and expat students.
Summer College Preparations for Parents of Seniors
Summer is in full swing and hopefully your family is soaking up some sun, cooling off in some form of water, and maybe even taking a family road trip. College admissions may seem like a distant worry, but it’ll be
Early Decision: Is it right for your child?
Is Early Decision right for you? Find out how Early Decision can help or hurt you during the college admissions process.
The Role of Parents in the College Admission Process
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.
Parents: How to Manage the Stress of the College Application Process
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.
The Month of May for Seniors
Congratulations Your hard work during the admissions process paid off and you’re going to college. Breathe easy and give yourself a pat on the back, but don’t coast through the rest of your senior year. Admissions officers at your new
The Month of March for Seniors
Dear Seniors, March is here, which means it’s time for you to start checking your mailbox multiple times a day for envelopes and anxiously pondering the age old questions – does a thick envelope mean I got in? Is this
Hey Seniors: Time to give thanks
Many seniors are so relieved that “all of that” is behind them that they neglect to consider all those that gave support to them along the way.
Caution: College admissions officers peeking at Facebook profiles
If you are considering applying to college add a review of your Facebook or MySpace profile to your to-do list. While employers have been checking the online profiles of job applicants for a number of years, a 2008 Kaplan survey indicated that college admissions officers are beginning to visit the social networking websites of applicants. Kaplan surveyed 320 admissions officers and reported that 1 in 10 had looked at an applicant’s social networking site.