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10 Tips for a Fun and Productive College Visit

Posted April 17, 2015, 1:00 pm by Randi Mazzella

In the past five years, my husband and I have taken our daughters on many college visits. We have found actually being on campus to be a valuable tool for...

Aaron Hernandez Found Guilty — A Disappointing Role Model

Posted April 16, 2015, 3:50 pm by Randi Mazzella

A jury found former NFL Patriot Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder yesterday and he was sentenced to life in prison, just three miles from Gillette Stadium where his football skills...

Guns on College Campuses

Posted April 16, 2015, 12:00 pm by Randi Mazzella

On April 16, 2007, the day of the Virginia Tech massacre, 32 innocent college students and faculty lost their lives to a crazed gunman armed with two semi-automatic pistols and...

Separating Parent & Teen College Dreams

Posted April 13, 2015, 12:00 pm by Randi Mazzella

A few weeks ago, I took my daughter, a high school junior, to visit a college an hour away from our home. On paper, the school seemed like a good...

How My Unmotivated Student Got Motivated

Posted April 12, 2015, 12:00 pm by Randi Mazzella

I’m well acquainted with this necessary parenting technique: I had an unmotivated student. It’s not that he wasn’t capable of achieving academic success; it was just that he didn’t have...

How to Avoid “Gapping” in College Admissions

Posted April 11, 2015, 12:00 pm by Randi Mazzella

Gapping is a term used in reference to colleges and financial aid awards. Gapping happens when a college makes an offer of admission and doesn’t back it up with financial...

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