This past year I have met and established some wonderful friendships and collaborations on Twitter. I had the privilege of meeting Jenn Cohen of Sheldon Word Nerd this past summer. I thought it might be fun to list the college experts who I would love to meet IRL (in real life) in 2012. If [...]
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12 College Experts I would like to meet in 2012
By admin on Friday, December 30th, 2011 | 12 Comments
Is Facebook enriching the college experience?
By admin on Friday, October 14th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Social networks have been blamed to negatively affect student academia. On the contrary, other data suggests a positive light on Facebook to benefit students. This infographic depicts how these benefits are being utilized by students to enrich their college experience. Created by: Online PhD
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Colleges and Social Media
By admin on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 | 2 Comments
I just read a great post by a parent who is going through the college admissions process talking about College Admissions Secrets. Take a few minutes to read it because it addresses an important issue with parents: What can I do to assure my student will get accepted to college? Is there a secret? One [...]
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Using Facebook to “spy” on your kids
By admin on Friday, September 30th, 2011 | No Comments
How about it parents? Do you use Facebook to “spy” on your kids? Or do you like to think of it as “helping them protect their personal brand”? Whatever the reason, you’re not in the minority. Check out this cool infographic and see where you fit in; and DON’T share this with your teen! Courtesy [...]
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Using Facebook to Jumpstart your Collegiate Experience
By admin on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments
As parents, you may not quite completely understand the utility of Facebook. Even when I was in high school, I thought that the friends of mine who were on the earlier social networks like My Space were just plain silly. However, when I matriculated to pursue an undergraduate degree, Facebook was just starting to take [...]
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10 Ways my Twitter followers have made me 1000 times more blessed
By admin on Friday, July 29th, 2011 | 3 Comments
This past weekend, I surpassed the 10,000 mark in Twitter followers. For me, that’s a milestone. It wasn’t much more than a year ago that I started my Twitter journey, hoping to leverage its influence when deciding to create my Parents Countdown to College Toolkit. It was fairly new in social media circles and quite [...]
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Top 5 Social Media Tips for Students
By admin on Monday, July 25th, 2011 | 6 Comments
Students who effectively use social media create an advantage for themselves with colleges and in the future job market. They can digitally network with professors, alumni, and fellow students before, during, and after college. Every student should invest some time in building their online presence. The days of MySpace are over, though, and your social [...]
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Does your high school student need to clean up their act?
By admin on Thursday, May 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments
How to BRAND yourself
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, February 25th, 2011 | No Comments
It’s never too early to start the “branding” process. Lauren Joffe of The Real College Guide lays out a clear strategy to get the ball rolling. Parents should pass this along to their college-bound teens. ******** Just because your GPA has made Dean’s List every semester and your work experience is better than most does [...]
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College-Here we come!
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments
In honor of the high school graduating class of 2010 and their future endeavors in academia, I’m sharing some recent website jewels that I discovered via Twitter. (Yes, it’s an EXCELLENT resource for locating helpful tools!) If your teen is headed off to college in the fall, make note of these helpful offerings and share [...]
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