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…
Category: Applying to College
Applying to Top Competitive Colleges in the United States.
Worst and Best College Majors
How to get a job out of college even if you majored in English, Studio Arts or Religion.
Top 25: Best iPad Apps for Applying to College
This great list of the best iPad apps for college applicants. It can help with the process for including searching for a college, taking the SAT or ACT, and applying for financial aid is now at your fingertips. Thank you to BestCollegesOnline.com for finding the best apps for college!
Best 529 College Savings Plans (from Morningstar)
If you are a do-it-yourselfer investor, then this is a good list for you. The entire article is here. The Best 529 College Savings Plans are below.
How To: Pay for College from Dr. Michele Borba
Dr. Michele Borba reached out to me and offered to be a guest author on How Families are Paying for College and gave some excellent advice on paying for college. One savings plan that she did not mention that I do for my kids is the 529B savings plan which allows the money that you save to grow in a tax advantaged way.
15 Most Famous College Libraries in the World (from Associated Degree)
When I was a student at Harvard, I was unhappily studying as a premed and so tried to avoid studying as much as possible. One reliable method was to go to a library and take a nap. This worked pretty well except sometimes I snored. Finding the right library became a past time my boyfriend and I enjoyed as a procrastination technique. We knew there were a zillion libraries on campus — 90 is what Wikipedia says — and we’d hunt down a different library every day.
How To: Get an Athletic Scholarship
Tips, Tricks, Do’s and Don’ts to Getting an Athletic Scholarship.
Making the Most of Your Child’s College Visits
Please welcome Erika Coplon of InsideTrack (private college counselors) who offers these tried and true suggestions when visiting college campuses. I remember doing her suggestions when I looked at colleges and would add a few of my own.
Top 10: Apps to Make You Awesome in College
“College kids, here are ten apps to help you be smarter and more efficient with your studies so there’s more time for dollar drafts, creating the next Facebook, three dollar tequila shots or whatever it is you do for fun.”