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Articles We've Written Articles previously published in The Community Advocate   or The Bolton Common Wait Lists Decisions Are In . . . . . Spring 2008 While You Wait All I Want for Christmas College Rankings Got the Letter: Now What? . . . . . Spring 2007 Campus Trends 2006 Is ED for Me? College Costs Part 2 College Costs Part 1 Early Options Which Activities Are Best? Is It Really Harder To Get In Now? Beginnings The Envelope, Please . . . . . Spring 2006 College Fairs The PSAT Is Back - Now What? Financial Aid Basics New Year's Resolutions Graduation for Parents Old News Decision Time SAT News from March 2005 The Right to a College Education . . . . . Spring 2005 Paying for College Holiday Gifts for Kids Educational Planners: To Hire or Not to Hire a CEP Educational Planners: What They Are and What They Are Not Wishing Doesn't Make It So Myths about High School Myths about College Admissions Class of 2006 and the SAT Changes Resources for Parents College Visits . . . . . Spring 2004 Life Choices for Students Transfer Mania Values Education: A Holiday Message How to Succeed in High School When to Begin Thinking about College Financial Aid - Part II The Real Financial Aid Story Back to School Parenting 101 Creative High School Choices Is the Ivy Worth the Price? Crunch Time . . . . . Spring 2003 Children in an Uncertain World Changes to the SAT Planning for High School Summer is College Search Crunch Time for Rising Seniors The Independent Educational Consultant: Perception vs Reality Choosing a College Spring Begins and the Waiting Ends . . . . . Spring 2002 College Hot Buttons III College Hot Buttons II College Hot Buttons I What Colleges Are Looking for in 2002 More on the High School Freshman Combating Fear Letting Go What Makes a College Selective Preparing Your Child to Leave Home Students and Summer Alternatives to College Preparing your Senior for Leaving College Acceptance . . . . . Spring 2001 Community Service The Student Athlete Potpourri Application Tips Financing a College Education Beginning the College Experience The Senior Year: Myths vs Reality Dropping Off your College Freshman The High School Freshman Whose Turn Is It Anyway? The Junior Year The Wait List E-mail Charlotte Klaar ~ E-mail Nancy Federspiel Maryland: 301-834-6888 ~ Massachusetts: 978-634-1690 Send comments to Webmaster | Design and maintenance by Consultants and Trainers Guild