Creating a List of 'Musts' The purpose of visiting colleges is to determine where your child will best fit in and be happy, both academically and socially. Therefore, college visits need to go beyond taking the scheduled group tour and information session at each university. To this...
The first thing I tell students (and parents) before they leave for their visits: wear comfortable shoes! You will be doing a lot of walking, and you want to be able to focus on your surroundings and what the guide is saying not on your...
There was a recent Huffington Post blog by a young man from New Jersey who had been "dragged along" on his older brother's college tours. We thought it was a great blog and that it brought to the surface many of the reasons why it...
Janice Caine's article on the importance of college visits It is important before even talking about how to prepare for college visits to take some time to understand why these visits are so important. When you go through the college search process, you should do so with...
The following is a guest blog submitted to us by Kendall College in Chicago. The post offers great advice to students planning to visit college campuses. What Questions Should Students Be Asking on College Visits? When I was a junior and senior in high school, I got...
With our son in his final year of high school we are among the ranks of parents trying to keep everything under control as he works his way through the college application and admission maze. Its an exciting time but without a doubt, it can also...
Thursday September 26 was Mountain Day at my alma mater, Smith College. It is one of those long-standing traditions that students look forward to every fall. Toward the end of September, students wait for that early morning when they will hear the college bell ring,...
Over Labor Day weekend our family headed down to Southern California to visit with friends and celebrate the unofficial end of summer. Since everyone that we spend time with has kids that are either attending college or going through the college search process, many a conversation...
Last week LinkedIn announced that they would be changing their terms and will be opening the LinkedIn community to teenagers. Although I believe this is a good move by LinkedIn and will encourage more networking by teens (please see my blog post), I do believe...
Maybe it is the arrival of roommate assignments or just thinking about not hearing their voice that triggers the fear, stress and tears, but for many of us the reality of our child leaving for college becomes an overwhelming experience. Having gone through this experience...