How to Find the Right College for Your Child’s Strengths and Interests

In This Episode: Choosing a college is a decision that can have a major impact on your child's future. However, the nuances of that decision are sometimes lost in a narrow focus on a handful of elite schools with the highest rankings and lowest acceptance rates. For the past fourteen years, Dr. Pamela Ellis, Founder of Compass College Advisory, has guided families through college admissions with great results in terms of acceptance to top-choice schools and securing of scholarships.   In today's Mom Enough® podcast, Dr. Ellis highlights what she calls "The Right Fit Formula" for selecting a college where your child will be happy and successful. She emphasizes starting first by discovering everything you can about the student (your child) before you even look for a college that might be a good fit. Dr. Ellis also has great tips for ways to gather information about a college beyond what is in promotional flyers or in measures such as acceptance rate. Having recently been involved in college searches with four of the young people in their family, Mom Enough hosts Marti and Erin thought Dr. Ellis's advice was spot on!   HOW HAVE YOU SUPPORTED YOUR CHILD IN FINDING THE RIGHT COLLEGE? What did you find most interesting or helpful about Dr. Pamela Ellis's advice in this episode of Mom Enough®? Dr. Ellis recommended starting a college conversation with your child by asking, "Why do you want to go to college?" What do you think your child would say? Now ask them and see how their answer is the same as or different than what you expected?