How To Improve Your Relationship With Your College Bound Teenager
It is a universal truth that teens would rather listen to anybody, I mean ANYBODY except their parents. This includes some random,...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
15 Concepts You Should Understand When Applying For College
FAFSA - It stands for Free Application For Student Aid. You'll have to fill it out if you want to take federal student loans. Schools...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
What Parents Tell Me About Their Deadline Fears
Read any Facebook Group page on college planning and you'll see an amazing array of fears that parents are describing. Not least among...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
How To Get Your Teen To Plan For College
If you know more than one teenager, then I don't have to tell you that all teens are different when it comes to college planning. Equally...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
My Strategy For Building A College List
Ah, the school list. If you’ve started thinking about college planning, you know it well. You’ve heard about the safety school and the...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
How do you find the right school for your kid?
This is a question I’ve heard repeated hundreds of times by parents planning for college. Most are looking for THE right school and plan...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
College Planning With My Son #6 - And...They're In!
We did it!!! I'd like to say HE did it - but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. He did take initiative to get the process completed...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
College Planning With My Son #5 - 1 Down, 4 To Go
Parker has until November 1st (11 days from now) to submit four applications and he's almost finished one of them. I guess that doesn't...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
College Planning With My Son #4 - College Visit
This college visit was a little scary to me. I had heard both good and bad things about the school and had no idea how Parker would feel....
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
College Planning With My Son #3 - Which App To Choose?
9/15/21 We’re finally making traction here. I couldn’t be more relieved. The amount of work that goes into a college application is...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
College Planning With My Son #2 - Taking The SAT (Or Not)
9/7/21 Two weeks ago, I finally got my son to sit down and solidify a plan with me to apply to 4 schools - MIT, UF, Bucknell and Penn...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Student Loans and How Much Is Too Much
9/3/21 Click HERE for the video. Sites referenced: 21Finance https://www.21finance.xyz/post/student-loan-basics Federal v Private Loans...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
College Planning With My Son #1
8-25-21 Aside from being a financial planner and coach, I’m a mom, among other things (wife, housekeeper, cook, chauffeur, etc). In fact...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
How To Pay For College Without Loans - 10 Ideas
One of the best financial habits you can learn is to control the amount of money you borrow in life. This is especially true when you’re...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
Why You Need To Talk To Your Kid About Paying For College
It’s understandable that a lot of parents are concerned about their ability to send their kids to college. It’s not easy to find good...
Make A Good Impression
So, you’ve chosen which schools you’d like to visit and started planning trips. Of course you’ll want to make the most of those school...
Visit The Right Schools
I talk a lot about school affordability, but there is more to finding the right school for your student. In the years leading up to high...
How To Shop For An Affordable College
Get The College Cost Report This is the easiest way - by far - to shop for colleges that meet your budget. Since my mission is to help as...
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