Somebody asks where your kid is thinking about applying, and before you can answer, you hear it come out of your mouth: “Well, we’ll definitely
A freshman mom told me recently that she thought she’d already messed everything up. Her daughter was two months into high school. She’d just found
“Mom. I have eighteen things. There are ten boxes.” If your senior has said that to you this fall, take a breath. Today I’m walking
“How are we actually going to pay for this?” If you’ve asked that question, you’re not behind and you didn’t do anything wrong. You’re paying
Content warning: this post discusses sexual assault, drug use, and the deaths of college students. Support resources are at the bottom. This isn’t my usual
At some point this fall you had a question you did not ask. Does the school send the transcript, or do we? Who writes his
Every spring I get a version of the same phone call. A kid got in, the family is celebrating, and somewhere in the happy part
I have gotten a wave of messages lately that are technically four different questions and are all really the same one. My kid won’t join
There’s a mom in your group chat right now who just announced that her family isn’t doing early, they’re just doing regular decision. And everybody
There is a mountain of advice about how to start a college essay. I have made some of it myself. There is almost nothing about
Former high school counselor, mom of two boys, and your guide from freshman year through the finish line. I help parents figure out what matters now, what can wait, and what to do next.
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