Tom Wahl teaches business writing at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is a freelance writer. He is married to a retired Air Force certified nurse-midwife. Her career has allowed them to live, travel, and raise their kids overseas (even sending them to host-country, local public schools). In addition, they spent 18 months after her retirement traveling the country full time in an RV while blogging about their experiences for MOAA. Wahl frequently writes about navigating the college admission and application process sharing the experience and research gained from sending a son to Boston University on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and a daughter preparing to attend MIT and being awarded both Air Force ROTC and Navy ROTC scholarships. Next up for college is their son, who is a freshman in high school.
It’s a given high school students use social media — from Snapchat and Instagram to Twitter and Facebook. However, while kids might be adept at using these platforms, many don’t understand their postings can impact college admissions, both positively and negatively.
As military families, we know PCSing doesn’t get put on hold when kids are in high school (to some, it seems to pick up). Naturally, this change creates a lot of stress in terms of its effect on a milkid’s college admission chances.
We like to assume MilKids are ready for anything. All of those household moves have made them pretty resilient, after all. However, having an emergency supply kit on hand will ensure they’re prepared for any scenario,
It’s October, which means your college freshman has been on their own at school for nearly a month. For most parents, it’s a bittersweet time. We’re excited to see our kids flourish in school and hear about
Rejection hurts — whether it’s a no to a promposal or a no to your marriage proposal at Fenway Park, broadcast on the Jumbotron for fans to watch (yes, this did happen — the man proposing apparently