Parenting tips

At one of our weekly team meetings, we were discussing how difficult it is to be a parent going through the college process.  I had done a Personal Needs Assessment with Abby’s son, which we [...]

Last year on Mother’s Day, we had a full house with my three daughters, my son-in-law, and two dogs.  This year, they are all scattered living their lives.  I started the day quietly [...]

What do you do if your denied or waitlisted for your first choice college? WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS  Scream. Good and loud.  Get out all your disappointment, anger and frustration of a process [...]

“I never got the email,” a parent expressed after an exchange about additional essays.  How could that be?  I knew the email was sent out six weeks ago.  Two months ago, I turned [...]

Tensions run high.  A single look can generate screams, cries or outbursts.  Every post on Facebook creates anxiety and the lingering question: When will I find out?  I just want [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich In the world of highly competitive college admissions, it seems contradictory that colleges would spend so much time and money marketing to students when every article you [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. You go to the post office several times a week to mail forgotten items, e.g. “my black flats, my graphing calculator” to your child. You wake up with an empty feeling in [...]

Outside College Scholarships Seniors, once the elation of getting accepted into school wears off, the financial reality may start to set in.  If you do not qualify for need based financial [...]

by Jennifer Schneider Technology has made it easier for students with learning differences to succeed in college. I recently attended the Life After High School and Post-Secondary Expo sponsored [...]

Last week at the IECA Conference in Denver, CO I attended a seminar with Corey Seemiller, the co-author of Generation Z Goes to College. Seemiller conducted research with students from Generation [...]