Whether it’s in class or socially, making yourself visible helps your odds of success. Surviving your freshman year can be dicey. National statistics show that over 30 percent of college freshmen do not return to the same institution for their sophomore year. Here are some suggestions to help     Continue Reading...

  Some students want to bunk with old friends, while others want to room with someone new.   Now that graduation is over, one of the hottest topics among this summer’s incoming college freshmen is roommate choice. Should they go “potluck” and let the college randomly     Continue Reading...

They’ve barely been gone a week or two, but here are some thoughts you might want to share with “your babies” who have recently left the nest. Admit it, you qualify each contact with the self-imposed question, “Is this worthy of a phone call? Should we wait until he calls us?     Continue Reading...

You took the campus tour. You saw the dorm rooms. So you and your child are aware that size matters. However, like almost every family preparing to send their babies out into the real world, you stuff every inch of the car with myriad not-so-critical items. The kicker is that many parents return home     Continue Reading...

From plates to photos, students need lots of items to feel at home. Packing for college has become big business. Home furnishings and department stores have handy college packing lists, and some even partner with colleges to create display dorm rooms stocked with their merchandise and packing lists     Continue Reading...