Most parents would like to be involved in their child’s college selection process. Sometimes it’s hard to know how much is enough, though. From my perspective as a student, it’s best to monitor and advise, but not to invade. I am the youngest of three children, so my parents were pros when it came to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘choosing a college’
Parents–Advise, but don’t invade!
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, February 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Finding a New Home
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, January 10th, 2011 | 1 Comment
As a student who is rapidly approaching college graduation, the process of getting in feels like a distant memory now. While I can now look back and laugh, I took the process seriously and put a lot of time, effort and emotion into it. I think that with college admissions the old saying is true: [...]
Narrowing College Searches
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, October 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment
What college do you want to go to?— one of the most stressful conversation topics you and your child will ever have. While you want your child to stay close to home, they want to get as far away as possible. While you want your child to attend a 4-year public college because it’s cheaper, [...]
That all-important college deal-breaker
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, July 26th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been having conversations on Twitter about the emotional aspect of choosing a college. A recent study was just completed on this subject by the University of North Carolina and discussed in the Washington Post. One of my Twitter contacts, John T. Lawlor, recently participated in two retreats with admissions [...]
The College Search: Here's Where to Look
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, May 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Today’s guest blog post is by Lynn O’Shaughnessy, an author, a college blogger and speaker. She writes about college strategies for TheCollegeSolutionBlog and CBSMoneyWatch. She gives presentations about college strategies for schools, companies and financial advisory firms. Lynn wrote The College Solution, which is an Amazon.com bestseller. The College Solution includes countless tips on college [...]
