Our guest blog post today is by Susan Posluszny, the founder of OPTIONS for Career & Life Planning, specializing in unique programs and services to support students with college major and career planning. Susan is a Master Career Counselor with over 25 years of career counseling experience including 18 years as a college career center [...]
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Posts Tagged ‘college planning’
Knewton SAT Prep
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, April 26th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Recently I received a tour of Knewton’s SAT Prep portal online. I have to admit, I was skeptical. Based on personal SAT prep courses with my daughter, I always felt those type courses were too expensive and didn’t significantly improve her SAT scores like they promised. However, I was pleasantly surprised with Knewton’s services. Here’s [...]
Read More...U Chic: A must-read for college-bound girls
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, April 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of! And now your little girl is headed off to college armed with her favorite pair of shoes, her newly purchased collegiate sweatshirt and a heart full to dreams. U Chic: The College Girl’s Guide to Everything, by Christie Garton, should accompany her [...]
Read More...Crime on Campus
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of our greatest fears as parents is what might happen to our children when they go away to college. Since we aren’t there to protect them, we worry that they might become crime victims. Preparing your college-bound teen for all the scenarios will ease your mind and help them stay safe. Here’s a guest [...]
Read More...$2000 "No Essay" College Scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 | No Comments
As I stated last week, I love to find scholarships that DON’T require an essay. This week’s scholarship is sponsored by College Prowler.com and it’s a NO ESSAY scholarship. That’s right! All you have to do to be entered in the MONTHLY drawing is complete a short survey on their website and be a current [...]
Read More...Staying Organized: Taming the Monster
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, April 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Organization. It’s the word that evokes terror in every parent when our college-bound teen begins the college application process. As a parent college coach, it’s our job to help our teens stay organized and on top of all the paperwork that goes along with the college application process. According to Paul Hemphill, a college admissions [...]
Read More...The Naked Roommate
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, April 16th, 2010 | No Comments
And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College (Updated 3rd edition) This week I’m reviewing another of Harlan Cohen’s books and can I just say one word: WOW! This book addresses everything you always wanted to know about college roommates but were afraid to ask…and so much more. With graduation approaching, this book [...]
Read More...Parents–Can you handle the truth?
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | No Comments
We all know that famous line from A Few Good Men, “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” It’s hard sometimes to face the facts about the college environment and what your son or daughter will be exposed to while living on campus. Sometimes we would rather remain ignorant. When my daughter and [...]
Read More...Top 5 Ways to get OFF the Waiting List
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, April 8th, 2010 | No Comments
In the life of a high school senior, it doesn’t get much more nerve wracking than the month of April. This is the time of year when high school seniors finally receive the news on which colleges have accepted or rejected them and they only have less than a month until May 1st, National Candidates [...]
Read More..."Helicopter" Parents
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments
We’ve all heard the term: helicopter parents. There isn’t one of us alive that wants to have that title attached to our behavior. But a recent study shows that a high level of parental involvement correlates with a positive college experience. A new student poll, conducted by the College Board and The Art and Science [...]
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