The path to college is filled with excitement, anxiety, decisions, and hopes for the future. Yet, while many students begin to seriously consider...
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Full Service Support When the Unexpected Happens
Wow, what a season it has been for Custom College Visits! We have been keeping ourselves quite busy, planning and organizing the most exciting college tours for our clients.
Today is National College Colors Day
Today is National College Colors Day! What does that mean? It’s the day when you, your teens, family and friends can show their team spirit by...
The Benefits of Summer College Visits
It’s summer! Time to think about novels to read on the beach, vacation plans, and college campus visits with your teen. At Custom College Visits, we...
What’s in The Box? Campus Curiosity
When we first set out to visit colleges with our daughter fifteen years ago, I’ll admit that some of those first visits were unorganized, rushed, and unproductive. That changed eleven years ago. That’s when we started Custom College Visits and built a process that has been proven over and over to ensure families that their investment in their teen’s college experience will be based on a solid foundation.
Helping Your Teen Find The Right College Fit
So much of what parents and students seem to be focused on during the college search these days is the reputation of the school. That might not be right!
Campus Safety: Will Your Teen Be Safe on Campus?
Campus Safety 2021 Colleges have implemented Emergency Notification Systems In the fifteen years since the Virginia Tech shootings, most colleges...
College bound | Read those emails the college sent you!
Not every email needs to be critiqued, and not every email, text or marketing piece gives hints of what a college admissions officer is looking for, but if you don’t read them you’ll never know.
Simple Student Visa Application Process & New Policies
In order for a foreign-national to come to the United States a visa is required. This may be an immigrant visa or a non-immigrant visa for a temporary stay. Although the children of certain non-immigrant visa holders (E-1/2, L-1, H-1 etc.) may attend school or college in the United States, they are generally only permitted to remain in the U.S. as dependents until they reach the age of 21.