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Navigating the Covid-19 College Conundrum
Posted on April 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM |
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Sheltering in place-what to do?
Posted on April 5, 2020 at 4:32 PM |
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Talking to students daily since covid-19 stopped us from circulating in the usual ways in our communities and schools, I find that many of them are wondering what to do. Unfortunately, too many of them report that they are sleeping more than needed because they are bored. The good news is that there is much that students can do from home for their college process. To-Do List for Self as a High School Junior:
To-Do List for Self as a High School Sophomore
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Penny Wise But Pound Foolish
Posted on January 11, 2020 at 12:26 PM |
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I've always heard the cliche', "penny wise-pound foolish" and never thought much of it until the last few years. I think of it when a parent asks me if I will work "hourly" with their child. I don't do that because it does not serve the student or parents well. Early in my educational consulting career I did work on an hourly basis. That meant that the client was deciding how many hours to work with a professional on college admissions. The problem with that was that parents did not know the process and would skip important activity with me and leave it up to their student who also did not understand the process. The results were ok, at best. When I started operating on a plan basis which is not dependent on a number of hours but rather on a flat fee for all services, results and client satisfaction increased dramatically. I was able to spend whatever time it takes with each student and provide the services I knew each student needed. Fees for most independent educational consultants are a very small fraction of the cost of a four year college degree. The results are lower costs for parents and better results for students. So the figurative "penny" spent, saves many "pounds" as well as frustration and family arguments and stress. The key to saving money in higher education is early effort, family involvement and expert help with planning and application. It also helps to seek the best fit for the student over the prestige factor which is useless if the student fails to graduate. |
Parent Oversight in the College Process
Posted on September 24, 2019 at 1:20 PM |
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You would not abandon your teenager to choose and purchase a car-right? There are consumer, safety, quality and cost issues to oversee. Imagine what could happen if you turned your teen loose on a car lot with no supervision, direction or guidelines to purchase an item that could cost $30,000 or more? My question to parents is: If you would not let your child drive a lemon-why would you let your child attend one? For this discussion, a lemon is a car or a college that is not a good fit, over-budget and may not deliver what is needed. While many teens have great judgement and organization skills, just as many are in a situation where their executive function has not fully kicked in. This means they might not consider all of the variables before making a decision and the decision may be less based on logic than you like. As parents, provide parameters in geography, cost, safety and other variables to provide a framework for college choice and selection. Unchecked, students can choose colleges from which they will never graduate and/or for which they will incur more debt than is reasonable. |
North Carolina Public College Decision Rocks!
Posted on July 6, 2019 at 11:26 AM |
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Is middle school too early to think about college?
Posted on June 10, 2019 at 12:23 PM |
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Tuition Sticker Shock Season is Here!
Posted on April 8, 2018 at 9:00 PM |
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Tuition is high and getting higher. The way to save money is to be a smart college shopper. That means college searching and deciding should be a family affair rather than left to high school juniors to figure out. You would not send a sixteen year old to a car dealership to buy a car on his own -and a car costs much less than college. College costs are more to house prices. Given that fact and the fact that parents would like to retire one day, it is in the best interests of parents to be involved in the search and decision process. Does your kid need to go to popular big-bucks U? No. Your kid needs to go to an academically solid college you can afford. |
Do what you love
Posted on February 14, 2018 at 2:37 PM |
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Teens are focusing more and more on careers where they would love going to work every day. Most feel if they can love what they do, they will never feel like they are working. An encouraging trend is that their parents are allowing them to choose the thing they love rather than forcing them into a career because of job vacancy rates. The wisdom in both the student and parent point of view is that job vacancy rates change dramatically and students who are majoring in what they love are more likely to graduate from college and find employment. |
Junior Year is Critical
Posted on August 17, 2017 at 12:21 PM |
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Too often, both students and parents are unaware of the important role that each year of high school plays in preparing students for college. Students who do not start preparing for college early will feel the impact later in terms of which colleges are likely to accept their admission applications. Parents are an important part of the advising team for their teens. They need to be aware, as early as possible, of opportunities that can help their teens have the best college opportunities. A proactive step for parents is to ask college admissions professionals, middle school and high school counselors about opportunities while their child is still in elementary and middle school. |
What do colleges want?
Posted on July 4, 2017 at 1:46 PM |
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