College Advisor: You Earned It

by | Aug 21, 2017 | Uncategorized

(Wow, that went fast! The summer’s nearly over and the kids are getting ready to go back to school. A lot of our college-age kids are already on their way! If you have a college student just starting out, please share this blog post with them. This essay first...

College Advisor — ADHD

by | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized

Yesterday on The PediaBlog, we compared and contrasted Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) and 504 plans which are available for public schoolchildren with a wide variety of disabilities, including learning differences, medical problems, physical handicaps, mental...

The Kids Like It Loud

by | Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized

I remember when I went to college to begin my freshman year (it doesn’t seem that long ago!) my parents and I loaded up a U-Haul trailer for the ride up from New Jersey to Vermont. I didn’t need the trailer for the clothes — I didn’t have that...

College Advisor – Coming Home

by | Nov 25, 2016 | Uncategorized

If you have a student coming home from college this holiday season, maybe you can relate to Lisa Heffernan’s Thanksgiving experience: Here is the fantasy: After months of missing our college kids we eagerly await their return for Thanksgiving. In our dreams we...