As parents swing between the excitement of going through the latest dorm checklist from Target or cry in their morning coffee cup while making hotel reservations for the college move in date, they shouldn’t overlook the most important checklist, the adulting checklist. The reality is that heading off to college also marks the transition to adulthood. While many see college as a sort of intermediate step to becoming a full adult, as far as the law is concerned, your 18 year old is an adult. So take the time to go over the following adulting topics and make sure you have them covered by move-in day.
Michelle Kretzschmar
50-50 Profile: Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College-Private
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
1,735 (1,671 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
50-50 Highlights: Best Colleges for Merit Scholarships
Students with high Expected Family Contributions (EFC) who want to pay less for college need to find those colleges most likely to provide generous merit aid. One way to do this is to identify colleges that have a high percentage of freshman without need who receive merit aid. The higher the percentage, the more likely students are to qualify for merit aid.
50-50 Profile: Doane College

Private Doane University-Arts & Sciences-Private
Crete, Nebraska
1,069 (all undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
How Much do D1 Colleges Spend on Baseball Programs?
(Updated for 2019) Imagine choosing between two job offers. (I know, many would be grateful with just one but I did say imagine.) All other things being equal, you would pick the highest paying one, right? So if you’re deciding where to play D1 college baseball, all other things being equal, you would pick the one that spends the most money on the team.
50-50 Profile: Centre College
50-50 Profile: Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University -Public
Newport News, Virginia
5,081 (4,954 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
50-50 Highlights: Colleges for Students with Disabilities
(Updated for 2019) Attempting to list colleges and universities with the best services for students with disabilities ultimately demonstrates the problems in creating a list of the “best” of anything. When dealing with disabilities, so much depends on the individual needs of the students so what is ideal for one student won’t work for another. Never mind the fact that an institution’s approach to accommodating students can also heavily rely on one or two persons’ attitudes.
50-50 Profile: University of San Francisco

University of San Francisco-Private
DeLand, Florida
3,961 (2,516 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?

