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How Does Your College Student Feel About His First Job?

February 19, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Of course, the best answer to the question of how your college student feels about his first job is to ask him. Every student is different. Every student has different goals and ambitions, different strategies, different needs. Hopefully, as your student...

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College Parents and College Admissions: How To Make the Most of Your Campus Visit

February 14, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
The college visit is an important part of the college admissions process, but parents may not be sure how best to participate in and maximize that visit. This article suggests some things parents should think about as they prepare for and make the college visit.

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How the College Career Office Can Help Your College Student

February 9, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Almost every college or university has an office dedicated to helping students find a career in which they are interested and to getting a job after college. Whether the office is called the Career Center, Career Services Office, Career Placement Office, or some other...

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Talking to Your College Student About Stress

February 5, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As parents, we want to help our students have the best college experience possible. We want to protect them from harmful things and keep them healthy. As college parents, some of the difficulty that we experience is knowing that we cannot always “make things...

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Is Your College Student Stressed? Probably.

February 5, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
College students experience a lot of stress. As parents, some of us are acutely aware of our student’s stress levels, and to others of us it may be less obvious. Of course, not every student experiences stress, and some students actually thrive on a certain...

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Book Review - I'll Miss You Too

February 5, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
From time to time, we like to review some of the books available for parents of college students. There is a wealth of literature available to help parents cope with the transition to college and the changes that occur throughout the college years.

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Ten Ways Parents of College Students Can Use the College Website

February 4, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
When your son or daughter was in the midst of the search process for college, chances are that he or she (and possibly you) spent countless hours poring over college websites. College websites have become an extremely important admissions tool. Many students who...

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Helping Your College Student with Goal Setting – and Action Plans

January 27, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
There’s a quote that’s attributed to Yogi Berra that says, “You’ve got to be careful because if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.” In true Yogi Berra fashion, his seemingly simplistic quote may contain some important wisdom. For college...

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What is Add/Drop or Course Shopping Period?

January 26, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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When Your College Student Is Unhappy

January 26, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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