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Being admitted to college doesn't mean a student is ready for it. Parents can encourage kids to step up their levels of personal responsibility while still in high school.
Learn why and how your teenager should clean up their social media resume, and find out how social media resume's are used in college admission decisions.
How should teenagers spend their summers if they want to impress the admissions office? The answer may surprise you.
Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less - and cheaper - training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree?
Counselors report being stunned by the decisions coming out of some University of California and Cal State campuses. Could out-of-state institutions see a better than normal yield of Californians?
With college prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, more middle-class families are looking for ways to spend less for quality education.
93. Go out of your way to make friends with people who are really different than you. You will be amazed at what you will learn about them and about yourself.
Stop fretting about grades and prestigious schools.
Many colleges offer discounts via a system that's come to be known as merit aid. But it's not easy to decipher, as a trip to four school reveals.
In the midst of stress, high emotions, and nostalgia, parents of high school seniors must do some of their best and most important work.
There are a handful of important tasks that your high school junior needs to attend to before he or she graduates to rising-senior status.
A recommendation letter from the most unexpected person landed this student an acceptance from a prestigious university.
This mom describes her struggle as she let her son take charge of his college application process, and why every parent should do the same.
Planning on competing as a college athlete? Former college athletes share their experiences - the good and the bad.
As college decisions arrive, let children vent, call it ‘the wrong fit’ and see opportunities.
How to parent through the college process — navigating hopes and expectations (yours and theirs) and the minefield of status and achievement pressure.
A new push for authentic community service aims to reframe college admissions. Here's what students should know...
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