Advice for Parents
Students, It’s Not a Good Idea to Take an Official Test as a “Practice”
Many eager juniors are kicking off the college process by taking an official SAT or ACT. Before you do, however, we offer some important and practical advice to consider.
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The Allure of Sunshine
This is the time of year when juniors tend to kick off the college process. During their first meeting with their Apply Right counselor, we ask them, “have you thought about where you’d like to attend college?” We ask about the size of the school they would prefer, what they’d like to study, etc. And…
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Tough Conversations That Need to Happen
The college process can bring up some complicated feelings for both students and parents, and there are different ways students express themselves. In this blog, we outline three “typical” difficult students and tell you what is really going on. We also tell you how you can have these conversations with your kids, and how Apply…
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Advice for Those Who May Have a Case of the “What Ifs”
You’ve worked hard on your college list and applications. You researched schools, visited as many as possible and have even written your essays and submitted all, if not most, of your applications. But this time of year, the inevitable “What if?” can set in. Parents can succumb to it just as easily as students. “What…
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Your Guide to Course Selection
It will be here before you know it; you will be handed a booklet, or given a website to view, and told to pick your courses for next year. This can cause the common “deer in the headlights” look. How do you even begin? In this blog, we will give step-by-step directions for how to make…
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College Advising is in Short Supply
If you haven’t already read this article from Education Week, I suggest that you do so. It was concerning to us here at Campus Bound and Apply Right, and we wanted to take this opportunity, in this blog, to respond to it. The take-away from the article, and from this recent study from the National Association of…
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Parents: It Might Be That The Less You Ask, The More They’ll Talk
It’s counter-intuitive, but parents who take a step back from their child’s college admissions process may actually hear more. It can be very hard advice to follow; we get it, but hear us out on this. When I’ve asked groups of juniors and seniors what their parents can do to help them with the college…
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Pros, Cons and Practical Advice About Taking a Gap Year
It’s no surprise that taking a year off between high school and college is a growing trend in America. The rising number of gap year programs and increase in information about taking a gap year are leading parents to ask the question, “Could a gap year program be right for my son or daughter?” The…
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Is it Worth it to Apply for Financial Aid if I Don’t Think I Will Qualify?
“I don’t think I’ll get anything, is it even worth it?” I receive that question often this time of year. Financial aid applications have been compared to a root canal so it’s not exactly something one would choose to do unless it was going to have some benefit.
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