Families and students with low-income backgrounds often find going to college a looming task. They don’t know where to start or how to push past the initial idea of college. I’ve compiled some tips & resources that we regularly use with our students to help make the trip to college more affordable. So, let’s […]
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Application Tips for Low-Income Families
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, April 6th, 2018 | Comments Off on Application Tips for Low-Income Families
It’s Time for a Wake-Up Call for Parents (and Students) about College
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 | Comments Off on It’s Time for a Wake-Up Call for Parents (and Students) about College
The college system is rigged. It’s time for parents (and students) to wake up and smell the coffee. Colleges are businesses and it’s their business to lure your student in, inflate their application numbers, and decrease the percentage of acceptances. It’s a simple tactic used in every business: make it more difficult to obtain and […]
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The College Selection Dilemma: Big or Small?
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, February 8th, 2018 | Comments Off on The College Selection Dilemma: Big or Small?
As a parent, you have the responsibility of guiding a young and impressionable mind through some of the biggest life challenges. When important decisions are concerned, you simply can’t leave it all to your kids. They simply don’t have the experience and the know-how to select the most rational choice. College selection will obviously […]
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Should You “Follow the Money” When Choosing a College?
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 | Comments Off on Should You “Follow the Money” When Choosing a College?
I’ve said over and over again to parents, “You’ve got to look at the statistics when it comes to paying for college.” Before the list begins, before the college visits start and before the applications are completed, you MUST know how much it costs and if you can afford to pay for it. You […]
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Do You Know Your Child’s Personality Type? It Matters for College Acceptance
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, January 29th, 2018 | 2 Comments
College is often the next step for high school students. In fact, 2016 research from the National Center for Education Statistics found that 70 percent of high school students enrolled in college the same year they graduated. However, competition is heating up. Research from the National Association for College Admission Counseling found that 39 […]
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A College To-Do List for Your High School Junior
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, December 7th, 2017 | Comments Off on A College To-Do List for Your High School Junior
The fall semester is coming to a close. By now, your high school junior should be concentrating on college choice, preparing for the SAT or ACT, and working on the college essay. I’m sure it’s already starting to become a little overwhelming: so many tasks, so little time. But the winter break is a […]
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Looking Past the College Names and the Rankings
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 | Comments Off on Looking Past the College Names and the Rankings
When I talk to parents and listen to their stories about college prep, it’s hard not to be concerned. I’m concerned because it seems that college choice has become a competition–a competition among parents and a competition among students. It’s all about the prestige, the name, and the rankings and very little about the […]
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The 4-1-1 on This Year’s Common Application
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 | Comments Off on The 4-1-1 on This Year’s Common Application
It looks like the widely used Common Application has taken some cues from the new Coalition Application. The new changes to the 2017-18 Common App for colleges mirror features found in the Coalition App. Competition often creates innovation and the Common App has some much-needed updates. The Common App changes this year will benefit high school students and make the […]
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Roadmap Planner for College Bound Students
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 | Comments Off on Roadmap Planner for College Bound Students
If you are reading this, most likely you are somewhere between 15 and 18 years old (or have a child of this age), trying to comprehend a large, obscure and scary monster called College Admission. You’ve probably already been told many bitty pieces of advice regarding this topic and are confused by the amount […]
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How to Handle College Rejections
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 | Comments Off on How to Handle College Rejections
College preparation can be stressful. A student can have his or her future all planned out, with standardized test dates scheduled, a study plan in place, college tours planned, college applications ready to send out, etc. It will soon be time to send out the college applications to the student’s pick of colleges […]
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