This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Schick®. The opinions and text are all mine. When I went away to college thirty-two years ago, I lugged a typewriter and a suitcase to go off to a college that I had never visited before. Luckily, I had a childhood friend, Natalie, who…
Category: Applying to College
Applying to Top Competitive Colleges in the United States.
How to Get Into College: Admissions Revolution #GIVEAWAY
With my oldest starting 10th grade next year and my middle fixated on getting into a top college, I have been thinking about admissions quite a bit. You might have noticed my anxiety with posts for Grasshopper and Sensei on Top Art and Design Colleges for Undergraduates and Art Competitions for Kids and Teens. It’s a little easier,…
How to Apply to College as a Home-Schooled Student
We hear a lot that ‘home-schooling or ‘Individualized Learning’ is on the rise in the U.S. There is now a stack of resources available to parents who prefer a home-based, one-on-one approach to education. Unfortunately, despite evidence that home-schooled students perform better on tests like SATs, it can still be tricky to get into certain…
Can College Change Your Life?
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Thinking and Stressing About College for My Oldest
Now that my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, is starting high school this September we have started thinking more concretely about college for her. She wants to go to art school, with Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) being a top choice. I did a little research to look into a private college counselor for her….
Top 10 Life Skills Kids Need Before College
My book list of Top 10 Books to Teach Kids to Be More Responsible made me start to think about life skills that kids need before going off to college. That and the fact that my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, will be starting high school next fall so we have only 4 years to tackle this…
Education Search Engine: Noodle.org
Getting into College Search Engine From the creators of the Princeton Review, meet Noodle.org. It’s a personalized recommendation engine in Beta geared towards education. Its focus is on the best way to help users — from parents and adults to high schoolers — find the best schools and programs to fit their needs. Think of it…