(Think.Real.Understanding.Through.Honesty) I have realized that the information we get about college is coming at us with two scoops of bias and agenda mixed in. The ….
Category: High School/College Academic Coach
As Advisor-Mom, I am:
- a proud, first-generation college student,
- one of a handful in my extended family with a Master’s Degree,
- a mom to a daughter currently in college,
- a wife who helped get her spouse through their undergraduate degree.
I’ve worked at a college as a mentor, academic advisor, and adjunct faculty since 2009. I left the advising job but retained my faculty positions and I teach college freshmen.
Everything in this section of the blog has posts for parents with kids in middle school, high school, college, or for people still finding their path. I want to share all the tips and tricks I’ve learned (in my 11 years of working in higher education and decades of my own trial-and-error) to help save you time, money, and frustrations.
When my husband was in school, he took out student loans without realizing the difference in them. I realized that I also didn’t realize what ….
So today was my last day getting paid as an academic advisor. I had six advising appointments, a meeting, a little going away party, and ….
My lovely daughter/student is now on her 4th week of the semester and not being a daily part of her life has taken some getting ….
My daughter is a smart, capable, competent, sharp, resourceful young woman. She’s also an only child and a homebody. I specifically wanted her to live ….
We moved our daughter into her college room yesterday. Friends keep telling me that “she’s not far away” in an attempt to make me feel ….
