Transition to College

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
• Money Management for College Students – IgniteSpot Accounting
• A Financial Checklist for Your Newly Minted High School Graduate- NY Times
• Send Your Student To College With These Financial Smarts- College Financial Advisors

For Students

• An Underappreciated Key to College Success-  NY Times
• A Sunday Talk On Sex, Drugs, Drinking, And Dying With The Frat Boys – by Louis M. Profeta MD * Warning Explicit Language
• What Happens to Your Mind and Body When You Feel Homesick– HuffPost
• The Tough Pre-College Talk I Wish My Parents Had Initiated– LA Times
• 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
• 7 Essential Things To Do The Summer Between – University Parent
• High School and College– University Parent
• Parents and Students– NYU Child Study Center
• Transitioning To College– Kent State University
• Academic Success– Lewis & Clark College
• Self-Compassion for Freshman- Berkeley Greater Good Science Center
• Why Culture Shock Is Good For You– Work The World
• We Need to Talk: The College Transition Conversation – Independent Educational Consultants Association
• harlancohen.com – Harlan Cohen
  

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
• A Very Dangerous Place For A Child Is College – Published by Louis M. Profeta MD * Warning Explicit Language
• Survive College-Application Season With the Family in One Piece– Wall Street Journal
• Why I Won’t Be GPS Tracking My College Freshman– Washington Post
• Parents and Students– NYU Child Study Center
• What College Students Sometimes Keep From Their Parents– grownandflown.com
• Unprepared, Rob Lowe on Sending His Son Off to College
• How Helicopter Parenting Can Cause Binge Drinking– the Atlantic
• 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
• A Third Culture Kid’s Guide to College– Denizen Magazine
• International Family Transitions– Tina Quick

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
• Will You Be Able to Help Your College-Age Child in a Medical Emergency?– Consumer Reports
• You’re Not Really Done Until the Paper Work’s Done – Strategies4Admission

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)