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Winter Roundup for Parents of High School Students Getting Ready for College

Vicki — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:24 +0000

Winter often feels like the time to settle in, take things a little slower and wait for spring. For high school students heading for college, this may be mostly a time of waiting. The applications are in and although some students have heard about early admission, most are anticipating word in the coming months. However, [...]

College Parent News and Views

Vicki — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000

The more that college parents know and understand about the college experience, the less we worry and the better we will be able to help our students to succeed and thrive throughout their college career. However, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on the web. We’d like to help you find some [...]

12 Topics Parents Should Cover to Help College Students Gain Financial Literacy

Vicki — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:40 +0000

Paying for a college education requires a lot of financial planning. Most parents begin thinking about how to finance college many years before a student is ready to embark on a college career. Your college student may or may not be involved in this planning. But whether or not your college student is involved in [...]

Is Your Student Heading to College for the Right Reasons?

Vicki — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:13 +0000

High school seniors have been doing their research on potential colleges, taking the appropriate high school classes, participating in plenty of extracurricular activities, making college visits, writing college essays, completing college applications, and finally awaiting the college verdict via acceptance or rejection letters. Whew! The college admissions process becomes a way of life for many [...]

The Smartest Word Your College Student Can Use – Part 3

Vicki — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:01 +0000

This is the third of three posts about college students asking for help. In our first post we considered why students sometimes have difficulty asking for help. Our second post looked at who students might turn to for help. In this post we’ll consider how students can most effectively seek the help they need. Many [...]

The Smartest Word Your College Student Can Use – Part 2

Vicki — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:03 +0000

This is the second of three posts about college students asking for help. In our first post we considered why students sometimes have difficulty asking for help. In this post we’ll look at who students might turn to for help and in Part 3 we’ll consider how students can most effectively seek the help they [...]

The Smartest Word Your College Student Can Use – Part 1

Vicki — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:00:48 +0000

This is the first of three posts about college students asking for help. In this post we’ll consider why students sometimes have difficulty asking for help, in Part 2 we’ll look at who students might turn to for help and in Part 3 we’ll consider how students can most effectively seek help. Many high school [...]

Helping Your College Student Use Winter Break to Get a Head Start for Spring Semester

Vicki — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:06 +0000

Winter break is an important time for college students to recharge their batteries, earn some extra cash, take an extra course, catch up with friends and family, and perhaps just enjoy some down-time. Your college student will probably be glad, at least for a while, to have a break from college and from thinking about [...]

Help Your Student Create a Plan for a Successful Second Semester of College

Vicki — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Your college student has completed his first semester of college. Congratulations! Hopefully, it was a good semester, but there’s a chance it might not have been. A rocky first semester is not unusual for many first year students. But whether or not the semester was as successful as you and your student had hoped, having [...]

Helping Your College Student Get Ahead in the New Year – 21 Helpful Posts for January

Vicki — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:38 +0000

January always brings with it the promise of new beginnings and the hope for a fresh start in many areas of our lives. For college students and their parents, January marks the beginning of a new semester and all that it promises, as well as the start of a new year. If the fall semester [...]