I am often asked by parents whether or not it makes sense to visit colleges and universities during the summer, when most classes are not in session. Of course, in a perfect world, everyone would like to schedule visits during the school year but that...
Where Parents and Students are Focused During the College Search So much of what parents and students seem to be focused on during the college search process these days is the reputation of the school. As such, they go about the admissions process as if it is...
Any parent, counselor or high school student starting down the college search path can relate to Alice’s question to the Cheshire Cat; “Which way should I go?”...
I recently came across this GREAT article by Lauren Felter of LSU and thought it was important to share the information with our readers. In the article, written last May, she explains a number of ways that college differs from high school. ...
Much of the college experience is about engaging on campus and in the community at large. Your student should meet new people, have new experiences, and engage with students and/or members of the faculty or the administration. A college visit and tour should, among other...
Many families plan college road trips with their teen and everything goes fine. That said, many parents get overly stressed trying to plan a multi-day family road trip. With many tours for both family and clients under our belts, we thought we would share some...
We have all experienced a “little emergency”: misplacing or losing a cell phone, not finding important paperwork or being far from home and needing forgotten login information. When your teen is away at school some of their “little emergencies” can be frustrating for them and...
Last week my colleague Diane and I spent an afternoon visiting Occidental College, a small liberal arts college in Pasadena, CA that offers a diverse and wide variety of learning opportunities. It has been a while since I was last there, and I wanted to...
July 22, 2015 - TravelAge West "the trusted voice of the travel industry in the western U.S." featured Custom College Visits in a front page article. A campus tour has long been a precursor to enrolling in a university. It’s a chance for prospective students to...
College Fairs Summer 2016 Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) is dedicated to the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process. CTCL works to dispel publicly held myths about college choice particularly the notion that college choices are severely limited to todays high school students...