Your daughter is sure which college she wants to attend. Should she apply under the early decision option? read more
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Early Decision Is Early Decision the Right Choice?
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Financial Aid Workshops for Parents of High-School Students Here are some parent workshop ideas and some advice for the parents of high-school students. Learn how to find training in college prep, financial aid... read more
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Early Decision Applying to College Early Decision To determine if your child has a strong chance for acceptance under the early-decision process, carefully study the profiles of students who are accep... read more
Updated: May 15, 2019
SAT or ACT?
SAT or ACT?
Perhaps you've heard the ACT is easier ... the SAT is harder ... or that one test isn't as important .... The generalizations are endless. So how can you help your children decide which test to take?
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SAT and PSAT Fast Facts
SAT and PSAT Fast Facts
Brought to you by the American School Counselor Association
These pointers will help you and your teen wade through the alphabet soup of admissions tests.
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Transferring Schools Transferring Midway Through the College Year Before transferring to a new school, it's important to revisit priorities. read more
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Transferring Schools Transferring from a Community College The counseling office at your school can normally provide sound advice about the "nuts and bolts" of transferring. read more
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Special Education SLD Classes and Higher Ed Having a learning disability should not impair a child's chances of getting into a good college. read more
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College Applications Colleges Look for Self-Starters An expert advises a student to reduce the number of hours in a part-time job in order to focus on other activities -- especially those of his own crea... read more
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Preparing for College Sports Scholarship, but Bad Grades Our expert advises a high school senior about possible next steps. read more
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Sibling Relationships Brother Leaving for College Our expert advises a mother on how to help her four younger children deal with their oldest brother going off to college. read more
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Anxiety Afraid to Go to College It is normal to experience anxiety over going to college. read more
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Preparing for College Postponing College Far too many kids go straight to college because their families expect it of them. read more
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Preparing for College Preparing for the Empty Nest The best way to help a child through the confusing transition to college is to let him know that he's loved. read more
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Teen Independence My Parents Don't Approve of My Major A high-school teen wonders how she can please her parents after changing her major to suit her own interests. read more
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Preparing for College Public vs Private Schools A parent wonders whether sending his child to a private school will confer some sort of advantage in getting into college. read more
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Preparing for College College and LD Services Do colleges provide any assistance to students with LD? read more
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Tools for LD Children High-School Grad with LD Wants to Go to College A high-school graduate with LD and a third-grade reading and writing level wants to know how he can get into college. read more
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Tools for LD Children College Planning for Kids with ADD Find tips for helping a teen with ADD plan for college. read more
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Preparing for College Don't Shortchange Math and Science It's important to take all required math and science courses, even though they may not be required for your field of interest. read more
Updated: May 15, 2019
How to Reduce Worry
How to Reduce Worry
(From Protecting the Gift. Copyright 1999 by Gavin de Becker. Published by The Dial Press. Reprinted with permission.)
Why you worry
All the energy a new mother might once have put into protecting herself she now puts into protecting her baby - because it is herself, literally a physical part of her. Author (and mother) Elizabeth Stone has said that the decision to have a child is momentous because ''it is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.''
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