Many graduating seniors have decided to take the community college path before heading off to a 4-year university. They will tell you that they’ve made that choice for several reasons: cost, academic preparation, and the freedom to stay at home for the first few years. Community colleges aren’t just training grounds for technical careers, they [...]
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Archive for May, 2009
Choices. Choices. Choices.
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment
The college acceptance letters arrive. You would think it would be easy after that. Your teen has gotten into their 1st choice school and it’s simple; you fire off the acceptance letter to that school and the deposit and it’s a done deal. But wait. What if some of the other schools offer financial aid [...]
Read More...College Test Prep for the rest of us
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, May 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Let’s face it. Those students who have some sort of test prep prior to taking the SAT and/or ACT tend to do better. There are always those Type A parents that shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars to get their teens ready for test day. Those programs are available to anyone, but what about [...]
Read More...Being a Parent College Coach: The 3 C's
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, May 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Parenthood. There have been thousands of books written on this subject. From my experience, the hardest part of parenting is coaching them to do things themselves and attain increased levels of independence. As far as the college process goes, you have 3 roles as a parent. I like to call them the 3 C’s of [...]
Read More...Summertime is Volunteer Time
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I can’t tell you the number of times my kids said, “Mom, I’m bored.” Most of the time, it was during the summer. After the first few days of summer excitement wears off, the boredom begins to set in. And this is the perfect time to encourage your teen to volunteer. There are several reasons [...]
Read More...Preparing your teen for college: It's all about guiding, not doing
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Do you know a parent who attended an Ivy league school and obsessed about their child attending the same school? Have you heard of parents who attended Texas A&M and insisted that their children attend as well? Being a parent is about guiding, not doing. The old adage that implies “teaching is more profitable than [...]
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