Transition to College

Find quizzes, articles, podcasts, books, and more to help prepare both you and your parents for this next transition to college.

Take A Quiz

Quiz: Is your teen ready for college?– Parent

Articles

Money Management

• Student Loan Refinancing – U.S. News & World Report
• Private Student Loans – U.S. News & World Report
• Student Credit Cards– U.S. News & World Report

For Students

• Have You Covered These Adulting Topics On Your College Move-In Checklist– DIY College Rankings
• Professor Offers Best Advice for College Freshmen– Grown & Flown
• What Nobody Is Going To Tell You About Freshman Year The Transition From School to University– The Guardian
• Academic Success– Lewis & Clark College
• Why Culture Shock Is Good For You– Work The World
• We Need to Talk: The College Transition Conversation – Independent Educational Consultants Association

For Parents

• The Legal Documents You Need When Your Child Turns 18 – by Helene Wingens
• 6 Forms You Really Want Signed Before Your Student Enrolls In College – Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC
• What College Students Sometimes Keep From Their Parents– grownandflown.com
• Unprepared, Rob Lowe on Sending His Son Off to College
• grownandflown.com – Grown and Flown

For The Third Culture Kid

• We Don’t Fit In- TCK Town, Multicultural Stories From Around the Globe– tcktown.com
• New College, New Culture: Preparing for a Strong First Semester as a Third Culture Kid– American Foreign Service Association
• Why Culture Shock Is Good For You– Work the World
• SoSonia Goodbyes: Video of TCK talking about goodbyes

FERPA & HIPPA

Tips on understanding your parental rights when your college student is considered an adult

• FERPA and HIPAA– Collegiate Parent
• Will You Be Able to Help Your College-Age Child in a Medical Emergency– Consumer Reports
• FERPA- You Need To Understand Your Educational Privacy Rights– Forbes

Young Adult Power of Attorney Forms

• https://www.mamabearlegalforms.com/ – Durable Power of Attorney & Health Care Directive Forms (this is a commercial enterprise that we neither know nor endorse)

Books To Read

For Students

• Protecting The Gift — Gavin DeBecker
• My Freshman Year — Rebekah Nathan
• Major in Success — Patrick Combs
• The Naked Roommate And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College — Harlan Cohen
• The Naked Roommates: First Year Survival Workbook — Harlan Cohen
• 5 Must-Know Secrets for Today’s College Girl — Lauren P. Salamone
• Street Sense For Students — Louis R. Mizell, Jr.
• Ready For Take Off- Preparing Your Teen with ADHD or LD for College — Theresea Maitland & Patricia Quinn
• Please Send Money- A financial survival guide for young adults on their own — DuGuay
• 99 Motivators For College Success — Perry Binder, J.D
• Getting The Best Out Of College — Feaver, Wasiolek, and Crossman
• You are On Your Own (But I’m Here If You Need Me) — Marjorie Savage
• Been There: Should’ve Done That: 995 Tips For Making The Most of College — Suzette Tyler
• How to Become a Straight-A Student. — Cal Newport
• College Success Guaranteed: 5 rules to make it happen — Gauld
• You Majored in What? Designing Your Path from College to Career — Katharine Brooks, ED.D
• Smart Moves- for liberal arts grads — Curran & Greenwald
• Some Assembly Required: A networking guide for graduates — Anne Brown & Thom Singer
• Colleges That Create Futures — The Princeton Review
• 10 Things Employers Want You To Learn In College — Coplin
• The Secret To Getting A Job After College — Dr. Larry Chiagouris
• Lean In For Graduates — Sheryl Sandberg

For International Students:

• Survive And Thrive: The International Students Guide to Succeeding in the U.S — Tina L. Quick
• Succeeding As An International Student In The United States and Canada — Charles Lipson

For Parents:

• Don’t Tell Me What To Do: Just Send Money —  Helen Johnson
• How To Raise An Adult- Break Free From the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success — Julie Lythcott-Haims
• The Launching Years- Strategies for parenting from senior year to college life — Laura S. Kastner Ph.D & Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D
• Letting Go- A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years— Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
• Almost Grown: Launching  Your Child From High School to College — Patricia Pasick
• I’ll Miss You Too: An Off-To-College Guide For Parents and Students — Margo Bane Woodacre
• The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only: A Parent’s Guide to the New College Experience — Harlan Cohen
• The Happiest Kid on Campus: A Parent’s Guide to the Very Best College Experience (For you and your child) — Harlan Cohen