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[College Week] Preparing for College Now From A Teens Perspective

by Caroline R on April 5, 2011 · 2 Comments · in College, Featured, General Parenting

A recent article posted on the Huffington Post revealed that admissions rates from the nation’s top colleges have dropped to single digit and early teen percentages for the class of 2015. The reason for this is not necessarily because the schools are becoming more selective, but because they’re all receiving a surplus of applications. Teens [...]

[College Week] Thinking Smart to Get into College

by Sarah Newton on April 4, 2011 · 2 Comments · in College, Featured, General Parenting

When it comes to getting into the college we want, to study what we want, we have to think smart. Just completing the application and hoping for the best is no longer good enough. You need to sell yourself from the very beginning and hoping just to ride on the results you get is not [...]

The Adderrall Effect: Why Your Honor Student is at Risk of Drug Abuse

by Caroline R on March 15, 2011 · 4 Comments · in Featured, General Parenting

As a parent, you try to instill certain values and expectations in your children so that they can be happy and successful in life. You’ve taught them to say no to drugs and constantly encourage them to do well in school; but what happens when it gets complicated and the two begin to intermingle? One [...]