college bound
Everything you need to get your teens ready for college


How Will We Pay For College Next Fall?!
Are you looking for how to pay for college? Looking for scholarships for college? Do you want to pay for college without loans? It is possible! The best time to start is now. Read on for more tips about how to pay college tuition.

Ideas For Parents in July: 10+ Wins
This post has lots of ideas for parents in July. Summer is a great time to get ahead on some of research into your teen’s future. Look into what student financial aid is. Financial aid for college can be complicated. Looking for scholarships is a great idea, and summer is a great time to work on these. Finally, there are some good summer reads included as well.

How To Get Ready For College: 7 Things To Know!
You wonder, “How to get ready for college?” There are many things to think about. As you think about college and career planning, there are many balls to keep in the air. College essays, scholarships for college, how to prepare for college applications, and more! Read on to get started with this process…

15 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe at College
How can you keep your child safe? How to help your teen stay safe? School safety and college campus safety are important issues in today’s world. We need to teach our kids how to be safe at college and how to be safe at school. Are you worried for your college girl safety? Or your son’s safety? There are medications to consider, other valuables, and even their cars safety! Here are ideas about how to keep your child safe, especially at college.

How To Win Scholarships Now: 9 Tips and Tricks
Are looking for how to win scholarships? How to get grants and scholarships to help pay for college? Finding scholarships in high school and finding scholarships in college is not difficult! The key is to start as soon as possible, and then to apply to scholarships in a smart and logical way.

About Me

Melanie Prather Studer has spent the last thirty years as a mother and teacher- preschool through middle school. When her kids became teenagers, Melanie started keeping notes and doing research to help her children get a head start on getting into college and ultimately out into the real world.
Resources I Recommend

Learn exactly what you need to talk about with your middle and high schoolers who are planning to go to college and why.

The College Preparation Planner
This 142 page planner has everything you need to organize the college search, preparation, and application process.

How to Win Scholarships
This guide shows exactly what parents can do to help their students prepare their scholarship applications in a way that will set them apart and get them noticed by the judges
