Is College Necessary?
If your child is wants to delay college – for a year or permanently – here are some questions to consider.
MONEY
How to Land a College Scholarship
Money’s tight and college tuition rates are out of sight. How can you help your kid get someone else to pay her way?
6 Questions to Ask About For-Profit Colleges
If your child decides she wants to quit one school and attend another one – maybe a community college – will her credits be accepted on a one-for-one basis by the new school? If credits don’t transfer, your child is trapped.
10 College Questions To Jumpstart Your College Search
Here are ten questions that can be a good starting point to get you thinking about what you might like from your college experience.
How To Choose the Right SAT/ACT Prep
No matter what your testing goals, time or budget, here’s some advice about making your test prep choice.
What Works – And Doesn’t Work – In College Applications
College Admissions Counselors were asked "When you read applications, what qualities were always an immediate turn-off?"
4 Ways To Be More Productive At School
I’ve read (and written) quite a bit about how to be more productive at work or school. Here are five things that have worked for me.
Emotional Well-Being vs Academic Excellence
Which is more important, emotional well-being or academic excellence? Which do you value more for your teen?
Ace The Test: How To Do Better On Exams
Taking exams successfully is a skill, just like everything else. A person isn’t born knowing how to do it.
What You Need To Know Before You Leave Home
There are many things they need to know how to do and how to handle by the time they leave home. If you don’t teach them, they will not know.