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The Admitted Student Visit – A Critical Part of the College Choice

Once your child has been admitted to one, a few, or several colleges, it is important to have an in-depth last look.  Most schools offer Admitted Student Visit Days.  Often, an overnight stay in a dorm is included.  It is in your best interest to urge your child to take Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years9 years ago
College Search

5 Things You Need to Do Before Your Kid’s College Search

Ideally, preparation for the college search process will start years beforehand.  There are several things you can do as a parent to be in a better position for helping your child determine what his or her college choice should be.  I learned some of these the hard way so I Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years ago
College Search

Minimize Your Out-of-Pocket College Cost – Part 2

Updated 2-4-17 – Updates in red In part 1, I talked about what you can do to minimize your upcoming out-of-pocket college costs when you have a senior in high school who is in the process of getting down to the final college choice.  Today, I want to talk about Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years6 years ago
Paying for College

Minimize Your Out-of-Pocket College Cost – Part 1

When I am talking about “out-of pocket” college cost, I mean what needs to be paid out over and above what the parents and child have already saved for college.  The best way to minimize this cost is to minimize the gap between how much the college will cost you Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years10 years ago
Applying to Colleges

The College Choice Waiting Game

It’s late January.  My daughter has finished all of her applications.  We are waiting for a scholarship competition, two overnight campus visits, an admissions interview (one very competitive school lets kids visit after the application deadline up until a cut-off date), possible updates to merit scholarships based on December ACT Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years ago
Net Price Calculator

Net Price Calculators – Key Tools in the College Choice Process

One of the most valuable tools I have found for estimating how much it will actually cost you to send your child to a particular college is the Net Price Calculator.  Most colleges are required to post a link to a Net Price Calculator on their websites.  It is usually Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years ago
College Visits

The ABCs of College Visits – Part Three

This is the third and final post in a three-part series about college visits.  Today I am posting Q through Z in The ABCs of College Visits. Q –         Questions – Be sure to ask lots!  With my daughter, we would be on a tour with a current student, Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years ago
College Visits

The ABCs of College Visits – Part Two

This is the second in a 3-part series about college visits.  Today I am posting I through P in the ABCs of College Visits. I –            Interviews – Some schools require a counselor interview, alumni interview or current student interview as part of the application process.  There are other Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years ago
College Visits

The ABCs of College Visits – Part One

This is the first in a 3-part series about college visits.  Today, I am posting A through H in The ABCs of College Visits. A –         Accept that your child may not have the same impression of a school that you do.  He or she may love what you Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years10 years ago
College Search

Organize Your College Search

We Have Researched Schools – Now What? You need a place to capture and organize all of the information you have gathered.  This will be a key resource in your kid’s college search.  I have created a spreadsheet format that has worked well for me and for other parents involved Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years10 years ago

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