KarenTrina Childress

August. The time of year when first time college students are excited (and maybe a little nervous) about starting a new phase in their lif...

I received this request from Jennifer this week:             I would like to see you write on your blog about the potential ...

  I recently had the opportunity to be a podcast guest with Lauren Gaggioli at Higher Scores Test Prep .  Lauren introduced the p...

"Tell your mom friends who are still homeschooling about that." Such was the advice I received from a friend as we were discussi...

Even though I have been silent lately on my son's college application process, it doesn't mean he hasn't been busy. He has ap...

  In the mail today, I was excited to receive my review copy of   Admissions Essay Boot Camp: How to Write Your Way into the Elite College ...

" Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats Many of us (myself included) a...

I stumbled across a 'college planning' website recently that is written by a mom who is scared.  A mom who started researching ...

 Today's guest post is from my friend Courtney at Minivan Mom .  I think we were the very first customer at their body shop.  That is ...

As you probably noticed in my last post titled What To Do About the New SAT , my editor believes in brevity.   She thought my original post...

The brevity of this post is brought to you by my mean editor.  Don't like the new SAT?  Take the ACT instead.  The end. * the...

Recently, I was talking to my friend Courtney about the cost of college and the average student loan debt for college graduates. She ...

Have you ever gone to job websites (Monster, Career Builder, Craigslist, etc.) and noticed which types of jobs have the most listi...

 I recently stumbled across an overlooked way to fund college.   I heard two different people comment, "My employer would have...

When homeschooling high school, having a plan and keeping records becomes more important. Beginning with 9 th grade, a 4-year plan i...

When my oldest girls were in college, I belonged to a county mom's group for that university. Every spring and fall they woul...

Some students know by seventh grade the path they want to pursue.  Others have no idea the career path that interests them.  Many stude...

  SMU class of 2016- my child is in there somewhere! So your child just left or will soon leave for college. You, the parent, are p...

My son is not in a dorm this year, but he is not in an apartment either.  He is in a room- a no kitchen, no closet, bathroom down the hall k...