Parents

Helping your students through the college process

Diagnose Yourself: Involved Parent or Hovering Helicopter?

As a parent, you want to be involved in your child's academics and career-planning. But how much is too much? Find out where you fall on the line between being supportive or being overbearing.

Involving Your Parents in the College Search: Four Ways They Can Help without ...

Your parents really do just want to help with the college search process, and they really can! But it's also important that you take the lead--in fact colleges don't like when they hear from just the parents instead of you! Read these tips on how you can involve your parents without them taking over.

Behind the Admissions Curtain: Three Most Common Questions on How Colleges ...

Ever wonder how college admissions staff make their decisions on who is accepted and why? Who reviews your application, exactly? What do they look for? How can you increase your chances of being accepted? Get the answers to these and more info in this behind the scenes look at the college admission process.