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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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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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What is Add/Drop or Course Shopping Period?

January 26, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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Colleges Are Working to Keep Your Student Enrolled

January 26, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Retention is not a new topic, but it is an important topic for colleges. Your student’s college wants him to stay enrolled. It is good for your student, and obviously, it is good for the college. Many students transfer to a different college – often after a...

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How You Can’t Help Your College Student Stay in School

January 26, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Students work very hard to get into college. Students (and their parents) spend years, and countless hours, making just the right list of potential colleges, visiting school after school, studying for SAT or ACT exams, writing college essays, filling out applications...

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Nine Ways to Help Your College Student Get a Fresh Start for Second Semester

January 5, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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Students Taking Longer to Graduate

December 12, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
According to national statistics, the average for students graduating from college is now five years rather than four years. Objectively, we may hear that statistic and find it moderately interesting. However, when it is our college student who may take more...

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What to Expect from Your College Student’s First Semester Grades

December 6, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Many college parents wait expectantly, hopefully, and sometimes fearfully for those first semester college grades as a measure of how their student is doing in college. Although many students may have a better inkling of what to expect when the grades arrive, they,...

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Parents Can Help College Students With the End-Of-Semester Stress Meltdown

December 1, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
College parenting is difficult. Anyone who has a student headed to college, in college, or recently out of college has realized just how difficult the college parenting job can be. One of the most difficult things about this phase of parenting is feeling...

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College Parenting With the College Calendar

November 27, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As a college parent, or pre-college parent, you probably used the calendar diligently to watch the deadlines for college fairs and open houses, college applications, financial aid forms, deposit deadlines, and housing deadlines. Now that your student is actually in college...

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