College Apps in the time of COVID-19
These days, you can barely leave your property, let alone get on an airplane. Sometimes, that wanderlust can be mitigated with a bit of imagination: it's spring break in Montgomery County, and to try to make it special I presented my kids with “airline tickets” to the Bahamas. After their “flight” (involving some cushions in the laundry room and an iPad playing an airplane-window-video taped to the inside of the dryer) they found their “hotel rooms” with newly-made beds and a menu for room service breakfast. They then discovered some lounge chairs and outdoor games in the front yard. But for high schoolers who had planned college visits, creativity isn’t going to cut it. To help families facing this situation, I turned to Nancy Edwards, owner of College Success with Less Stress, for advice: Spring break is usually a time when high school juniors visit colleges and prepare for standardized tests, but this year is quite different. Most colleges have switched to distance-...