Are you a parent of a college-bound teen? Do you feel left in the dark about the college search process? Please know you are not alone. Many of the parents who call us at Custom College Visits are experiencing the same feeling. High schools and colleges...
Please Read Your Email! One of the benefits of planning college visits for our clients is that we get lots of emails from colleges. These emails range from simple confirmations of a student’s walking tour and information session to informative notes about each college. I’ve tweeted...
Is your teen starting or in the middle of their college search? Do you want to help them get a jump-start? Keep reading. Virtual Reality college tours are the next hottest thing. How do I know? Well, I see the signs. Go on Amazon and search...
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...
Custom College Visits announces the publication of our first ebook. In ‘College Road Trips, A Parent’s Guide: How to organize your teen’s college visits without losing your mind’, you’ll learn that with the right help and guidance, organizing college visits doesn’t have to be overwhelming....
Within hours of dropping my son, Ben, off at university in September 2012, in England where we live, I got the first text message saying he didn’t fit in with the other guys in his apartment and felt lonely...
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...
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...