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Making Friends in College
"Help! I hate it here!" Our momma hearts always break when we…
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6th and 7th Grade: Baby Steps in Career Thinking and College Planning
Do you spend time with a 6th or 7th grader? In the coming years,…
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Kicking Off the School Year with a Plan for Our Teens
The start of another school year is full of excitement. Almost…
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10 Life Skills for Your Teen
With all the talk about high school, college, and career planning,…
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Top 10 Summer Tasks for High School Students (and Families)
Summer flies by every year. It seems to disappear in the blink…
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10 Things You Might Not Have Known About the Test Optional Movement
ACT and SAT testing has been part of the college application…
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Fighting Career Illiteracy
Our kids are illiterate – CAREER illiterate. And it’s very…
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What to expect at your student’s college orientation?
We love the high school graduation season and all that goes with…
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How Can We Help Our Students Get “Good Jobs”?
Forty years ago, a college degree was enough to virtually guarantee…