College admissions expert Stephanie Mead discusses critical next steps students need to complete AFTER they hit "submit" on their college applications.

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There I was, sitting on a bench in the fitting room, watching my daughter and her best friend twirl in front of the mirror. They were trying on dresses for homecoming—*HOCO*, as they call it now—and ...

We just dropped our oldest off for freshman year of college. A day we have planned and planned for. The move-in could not have gone smoother. He is happy. His roommates are great. He is a ...

According to a new statement released by the ACT, the test will be changing in two fundamental ways. First, it will be approximately one-third shorter, so that the new core test will run about 2 hours ...

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A popular meme gushes that mothers sleep better when all the teens are back home under one roof. I bet that meme was created the day those children arrived, or even days before. Because the reality of ...

Grown and Flown was where I first saw the advice about how often to communicate with my college freshman. It was 2018, and we were just about to send the guinea pig off to a university three hours ...