Great Tips for Preparing Teens for College
Dear Parents:
The articles selected this month are good whether your student is a senior or a freshman in high school. Parenting teens is a challenge. More importantly, helping your teen become independent with good decision-making skills, is an even bigger challenge. Frankly, it starts when children are not even in school, but it becomes critical as your children enter high school with college looming in their future. We as parents all want to feel confident that our children are ready for the independence that comes with going to college. The first article has several good tips for helping to instill independence, but with accountability.
The article from the Kiplinger Report has great advice about Return On Investment (ROI) when you send your teen off to college. Teens need to be aware of these nine practices when they enter college as a freshman. Good practicesinclude taking strong academic courses, getting involved, but selectively, in organizations and clubs on campus and taking advantage of the career center as early as a freshman. Trying out careers, especially if a student is a liberal arts student majoring in English or History or even Economics. It will be critical to get internships during the four years of college in order to have skills to help them enter the workplace upon graduation. A bachelor degree in English or History teaches students to critically think, but not necessarily concrete skills to make them attractive to employers. Internships and research opportunities as well as leadership experiences in college are critical.
November is a time to be thankful. I am thankful for having a wonderful family and having the opportunity to share my expertise and experience in the college admissions arena with your teens. Helping students navigate the college selection and admissions process can be stressful. I am here to reduce their stress and help them create a strategic plan to give them the best chance possible to achieve their goal of admission to the colleges of their choice.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families. Thank you for taking time out to read my newsletter each month.
Sincerely,
Catherine L. Marrs, CEP
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Source: Stephanie Thurrott - Azusa Pacific University
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Here are nine things college students should do during their school years to help ensure the best return on that investment.
Source: Adam Weinberg - Kiplinger