Oh, How I Sweated Over Revamping My Speaking Page
My least favorite part of my job is website redesign. I have a contractor who helps me with the technology part—but I have to make all decisions about which words and images to use, and how we’ll package up the details to best reach and help a world in need. My...
The Happiness Lab—My New Favorite Podcast!
You'd love for your kids to find happiness, but do you feel confident that you know the best way to help them toward that? Gallup research shows us that elite education doesn't actually lead to increased happiness—so what does? Dr. Laurie Santos created a Yale course...
How to Use the Full Focus Planner
How can college students keep themselves focused and organized, so they're in the best position to get the highest grades possible—preferably while studying less than most other people? My recommendation to students is, use the Full Focus Planner. The Full Focus...
Top 10 Most Loved Debt-Free College Articles
This is the perfect article to post in your Facebook group—or copy and send to your entire homeschooling co-op. Why? Because almost everybody parenting kids ages 12–26 will find at least one article they desperately need right now in the list below. (The government...
My Holiday Plans Are Exciting—And They Affect You
This year, I've got exciting holiday plans—and they affect you. 1. One of my holiday plans is—I'm getting help with completely revamping the look of this website. When I finish this revamp, it'll be easier for my new visitors to understand what I do—and it'll be...
Eliminate Multitasking — Find Greater Holiday Peace
You're always busy, but holidays put your busyness into overdrive. Maybe the secret is to do three or four tasks at once? No—executive coach Peter Bregman tells us that won't actually help. The secret to getting more done while still feeling a sense of settled peace...
Help for Those Suffering Through December College Applications
There's little that's more trying for a parent than December college applications. If your 12th grader has put off completing college applications until the busy holiday season is breathing down his neck—you know what I mean. If December college applications are...
Change of Plans for Parents Who Follow Me! Details Here.
In late August of 2019, I made an exciting announcement to the parents who follow me. Low-cost, personal debt-free college planning help from me—coming soon! At that time I wrote to the parents who follow me: "I'm going to be bringing together a tribe—a group of...
This Book Reviewer Gave ME the “Best Gift Ever.”
I could hug the person who wrote this review of my book, on November 17th, 2019. For an author like me, a book review like this is the best gift ever. You can see the rest of this review on Amazon here. (Look in "most recent reviews.") Want to buy the "best gift ever"...
Don’t Miss This FREE Debt-Free College Newsletter
One of the greatest services I provide to the public is my debt-free college newsletter, which you can have delivered straight to your email inbox on Monday mornings. Open this newsletter consistently, and you'll keep debt-free college at the top of your mind as your...
Is Your Parenting Ratcheting Up Your Teen’s Anxiety?
Teen anxiety is at an all-time high. How can parents help? Or at least quit ratcheting up teen anxiety and making it worse? Some of the root causes of teen anxiety are things parents don't have much control over—such as our culture's senseless obsession with elite...
My Student Carved This Hilarious Pumpkin
I got this email from a mom of an 11-year-old today. Her son carved this hilarious pumpkin, and she wanted me to see it. "Hi Jeannie, My son was at your study skills class a few weeks back and will be at your scholarship writing seminar on Saturday, November 2nd,...
Are You Crying Over One of Your Kids?
If you're crying over one of your kids, you're not alone. Millions of parents are crying themselves to sleep, heartbroken over their kids' situations or choices—but because we live in a picture perfect, Instagram filter world, very few parents talk about it. If you've...
College Financing: Should Kids Just Do It Themselves?
Some parents try to save a little time, energy, and money by putting their kids in charge of planning their own college financing. “She's nearly an adult—let her figure it out herself and live with the consequences,” some parents think. But—is it actually a good idea...
How Important is High School Homework—Really?
Today I'm featuring an important guest post by Dr. Charles Fay of LoveandLogic.com. Charles' book From Bad Grades to a Great Life! Unlocking the Mystery of Achievement for Your Child is one of the most highly recommended resources on this website. You can get wise...
How Filling Out the FAFSA Protects Your Kid
Filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) sounds like the best deal in the world. Honestly. You as a parent spend just a little bit of time entering information into a clear, safe online form, and a kid you love magically gets put in line for...
Achieve More While Doing LESS Part 1 (AUDIO)
We've all had those days. You have a mountain of work in front of you that you genuinely want to get done, but you find yourself procrastinating. Struggling to focus. Failing to get tasks completed. What's the problem? It's probably not that your time management...
Parenting a Late Bloomer? Here’s Help.
Most of my time on this blog is spent helping parents get their teens and college students to careers they'll love as quickly as possible. This makes sense—because years spent dragging feet in underemployment or treading water in undergrad can be expensive. But what...
Will a Minimum Wage Job Cover Rent? Anywhere?
Some kids decide not to go to college after high school. This can work out great—if they opt for high quality job training instead of heading off to 4-year college. But what if your kid wants to work a minimum wage job in the years after high school? Is there any hope...
To Increase Academic Success, Ask Your Teen This, Now
Many teens believe deep down that academic success is only for "smart people." For kids that got lucky at birth and were granted more brainpower than others. Nothing could be further from the truth. Research by experts such as Stanford's Carol Dweck tells us that the...
About
Hi, I’m Jeannie Burlowski.
I am a full-time academic strategist, conference speaker, and author of the book “LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward.”
My writing and speaking provide parents a clear, step-by-step checklist so they can set their kids up to succeed brilliantly in college, graduate debt-free, and move directly into careers they excel at and love.
For more than 20 years, I’ve helped students apply to highly competitive law, medical, business, and grad schools. I still do that from my website GetIntoMedSchool.com.
I am married, and my husband and I have a son and a daughter. We live in Minneapolis.
Hi, I'm Jeannie Burlowski.
My background as an academic strategist provides ideal foundation for me to help parents of kids ages 12–26 set those kids up to graduate college debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love.
I do this primarily through my book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward. LAUNCH provides parents clear, step-by-step instructions for this journey.
Regular readers of my free email newsletter get additional help from me. Gentle reminding about what to do when, and first access to my live and online sessions, strategy updates, and TRIBE Membership.
My team and I are leading a debt-free college revolution. We hope you'll join us!
Hi, I'm Jeannie Burlowski.
My background as an academic strategist provides ideal foundation for me to help parents of kids ages 12–26 set those kids up to graduate college debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love.
I do this primarily through my book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward. LAUNCH provides parents clear, step-by-step instructions for this journey.
Regular readers of my free email newsletter get additional help from me. Gentle reminding about what to do when, and first access to my live and online sessions, strategy updates, and TRIBE membership.