One of the many concerns parents have when considering a gap year is that their student will "get behind". A gap year taken between high school and college d...

The Dreaded Question "So, what are you doing next year?” It’s the question asked to most every high school senior at Thanksgiving, Christmas, in the grocery ...

The Status Quo The world today our teens are living in is far different from the one in which we, the parents, grew up. While we bought textbooks and attende...

The idea of a gap year has gained prominence in both American culture and in the media. Malia Obama made news when she took a gap year in 2016 and it seems ...

A few weeks ago I was driving to a wedding when my phone died. Suddenly I had no map to show me the way. I was running late and I wasted precious time making...

As I was writing the 5 Major Steps course, I read many, many books on preparing kids for college, paying for college, choosing the right major and more. Thes...

Good news! You can skip the expensive camp or the fancy internship for your high school student this summer! I know it may be too late for this advice, but ...

Starting as early as junior high, I began to worry about how to structure my kids’ summers. The last thing any of us parents need is teenagers sitting around...

In this graphic, the blue lines represent the number of undergraduate degree programs at each UNC school that require 120 credit hours. The yellow lines are ...

I have a confession to make. My fears about the rising cost of college have led me to try some crazy things to start making extra money to set aside. You se...

I was the second of five kids in my family (that's me on the left!), so by the time I got to college my parents had already set the tone of how they would he...

The Princeton Review came out with their new Best 382 Colleges guide today. Princeton Review surveyed 137,000 students at 382 top colleges and asked them to...

Summer is here and school is out! For parents of teens (and pre-teens) two thoughts come to mind: joy and panic. My first thought is “What in the world wil...

Starting as early as junior high, I began to worry about how to structure my kids’ summers. The last thing any of us parents need is teenagers sitting around...

What do employers really want? A high GPA? Top class rank? A degree from the Ivy leagues? Surprisingly, no. While those things may help, there are far mo...

Welcome everyone, I am so excited to share this guest post from my friend Jennifer Cook DeRosa from Homeschooling for College Credit. She and I share a sens...

 Just wait. The two words every new parent hates to hear. Things are bad enough. Up all night. Exhaustion. Diaper expenses. Adjusting from two incomes to on...

We all know that college is expensive. Many student take out loans to help pay for their tuition, fees, and housing. And many of those students are still ...

It's fall break at many colleges across the nation. Freshman are returning home, many for the first time since their parents dropped them off in August. Th...

I tell everyone I know that I have the best job in the world. This is my fifth year as a Career Counselor, (my third year at Appalachian State University) an...