The College Counseling Mom Podcast: It’s Fine, I’m Fine, My Kid’s in High School. · Lindsay | The College Counseling Mom

Episode 21 | From “I Want It to Feel Like Home” to a Strategic College List

·10 min·1 clip

Lindsay's son says he wants college to feel like home, leaving her, a college counselor, speechless.

Host Lindsay, a college counselor and mom, shares a personal story about her son's vague college preference ('I want it to feel like home') to teach parents a framework for translating emotional answers into concrete search filters. She explains how to build a strategic, balanced college list from the inside out, incorporating financial fit from the start, and warns against common mistakes like 'impressive' or 'scattered' lists.

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