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“Once a child turns 18, the child is legally a stranger to you,”

said Jane F. Wolk, a trusts and estates attorney practicing in New York and New Jersey, referring to the legal age in almost all states; in a few, the legal age is older.

“You, as a parent, have no more right to obtain medical information on your legal-age son or daughter than you would to obtain information about a stranger on the street.”

Riding is an inherently dangerous sport - plan for your student's medical emergencies before freshman move in!

In 2010, while a junior at the University of South Carolina, Colvin Hedgepeth applied for an internship with the United States Olympic Committee. While she didn't get it then, Hedgepeth applied for the same internship four years later, and the second time proved to be the charm.

From the NCEA to her Olympic dream job -

here's Colvin's full story.

From the blog:

The temperature was in the mid-90s and the exhaustion of touring so many campuses in such a short period of time had set in by the time the tour buses rolled onto the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, but it’s safe to say our group was re-energized by the welcome we received when we disembarked.

How re-energized were we? Considering we had arrived at the school ranked number one in the nation for school spirit, it’s safe to say we were substantially replenished by our time spent there! Read More

Fall Testing – Pros and ConsBy the time school starts again in the fall, most high school seniors have taken the SAT and/or ACT at least once in preparation for submitting their college applications.  Depending on the scores they received the first (or even second) time around, however, some may consider sitting the test one more time in the fall – but is that wise? The Pros

• For students applying to schools that “super score” (that is, take the highest composite score from each section of each test sitting for the highest possible average), additional scores might bump their score into a new range for merit scholarship.

• For students applying to schools that don’t “super score” but instead take the highest overall score, one additional sitting provides an additional opportunity to boost their overall average before application deadlines arrive.

• For students applying for a regular decision deadline, all scores will be available to the colleges at the time the application is evaluated; they won’t receive additional data after the student’s application has been evaluated.

The Cons

• For students who have already completed a test twice (in spring and summer, for example), the chance of raising a score with a third sitting is slim; anecdotally, many admission counselors see scores begin to decrease on the third sitting and colleges frown on students testing more than three times.

• The pace of senior year (from classes to extracurriculars and the additional pressure of working on college applications) can inhibit a student’s ability to properly prepare for a fall exam and may result in a lower score.

• Seniors who test in the fall for the very first time will not have time to take a second test before the majority of their application deadlines arrive and may be stuck submitting a lower score than they would prefer.

Many juniors also contemplate taking a fall test to evaluate their abilities in advance of their own college application cycle; college counselors don’t generally advise this course of action because students haven’t had the benefit of absorbing much of their junior year coursework and may score poorly as a result.  The spring of junior year is plenty early enough to allow students to not only score strongly, but also to re-test before senior year if they desire.

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