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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 aid [...]

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 to know [...]

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 [...]

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’m so bored!!” My daughter whisper complained to me during the third hour of the business school Admitted Student Day presentation.   She was much more interested in what her [...]

I was helping one of my seniors understand his financial aid and make his final decision about his college choices a few years ago.  He had narrowed it down to Northeastern and University of [...]

One of my kids’ favorite books when they were little was Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes about a little girl mouse who worried about everything, especially starting school. What if the teacher [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Does the stress of a deadline fuel you or overwhelm you?  Do you find yourself (or your child) playing video games, watching Netflix, devouring YouTube videos instead of [...]

Most high school and college students think of LinkedIn as the “nerd” of the social media options according to Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal.  But, in fact, it’s [...]