Prep for College
How to find the right high school
Our resident school-choice expert offers deal-breakers and red flags for assessing high schools from a distance
Hot topics
- Planning for College & Beyond
- Applying for College
- Paying for College
Planning for College & Beyond
Choosing colleges, courses, and careers
Planning for college
- Ten ways to jump-start college planning
- College prep: One mom's timeline for high school
- Choosing smart electives
- Should my teen take four years of a foreign language?
- A middle school parent's college prep guide
Alternatives to college
Applying for College
The essentials on tests and timetables for college applications
- Applications: A parent's role
- Understanding college admissions tests
- All about Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams
- Which test is which? A guide for parents of tweens and teens
- ACT or SAT: What's the difference?
Paying for College
How to tap into the best resources to fund your child's college education
- Creative ways to pay for college in an economic downturn
- Great ways to fund a college education
- Break down the bill: What's college really going to cost?
- Savings clubs can supplement a college fund
- Can you spot a scholarship scam?
High School Community
How about BoxTops?
CaMahjonggMom June 25, 2009I am the BoxTop co-ordinator at my daughter's middle school. The first year the 800 students raised $125, last year we raised $102. For a school...
Good areas in Connecticut? With great high schools?
Jtkuokoaea February 7, 2010I plan on moving to Connecticut soon. I have a fifteen year old daughter. The whole reason why I'm moving to CT is because of her. Although, right... (0 replies)
find a host family
Rocco_Germany February 7, 2010my name is Rocco, i live in berlin/germany. My daughter (16 years old) spend her next schoolyear in usa. We have a contract with the exchange organization... (0 replies)
Moving to North Pole, AK from Arizona
Vbaysinger February 4, 2010We are moving to Alaska from Arizona I have a 14 year old boy, and I would appreciate a parents input and or comments on high schools in the area,... (0 replies)
undecided daughter.
HELP_ME_PLEASE January 30, 2010my daughter is 13, and going into 9th grade, she applied to all the schools she could and cant decide between the school she's in (parish hill high/middle)... (2 replies)
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