Easiest Way to Create a Top College Application Essay
Many of the articles on this website are for parents of students ages 12–26. This article—on how to create a top college application essay—is aimed specifically at high school students. Parents are encouraged to listen in on this advice as well. Writing a top college...
Want College Scholarships? These 4 Resources Will Help
Most of my writing and speaking is about getting kids through college debt-free without scholarships—but people have been asking me lately, "Can kids apply for scholarships well before 12th grade—and then all the way through college?" Yes! Here, 4 great resources for...
Hope for Your Kid’s Future During COVID-19
Parents isolated at home with children, teens, and college students are saying to themselves, "Yikes—I need hope for my kid's future during COVID-19." Hope is here. Here, 7 reasons to have hope for your kid's future during COVID-19. Pass this on to a friend who needs...
Got Little Kids? Hear Me Interviewed on the FamVestor Podcast
If you're parenting little kids, don't miss me being interviewed on the FamVestor podcast. The FamVestor audience tends to be families with little kids, so I provided lots of debt-free college strategy for exactly that demographic. Listen to just 8 minutes of the...
6 Things I Learned From My Website Redesign
Here are 6 major things I learned during my large-scale website redesign process. 1. It's important for me to have the right person managing the tech side of website design. Because I'm incorporating a TRIBE membership into my website this time around, I needed a...
Got an 11th or 12th Grader Headed For College?
Below, I give you 10 minutes of fast-paced video training created specifically for parents of 11th and 12th graders. If you've got a bright, capable 11th or 12th grader headed for college—you're probably wondering, "How are we going to pay for that?" You're especially...
Got a 9th or 10th Grader Headed For College?
Below, I give you 10 minutes of fast-paced video training created specifically for parents of 9th and 10th graders. If you've got a bright, capable 9th or 10th grader headed for college—you're probably wondering, "How are we going to pay for that?" You're especially...
Debt-Free College Training—Fast and Easy
Watch just one of the short, succinct video trainings below, and you'll be on the fast track to getting the kids you love through college debt-free. If you've got a bright, capable middle schooler or high schooler headed for college—you're probably wondering, "How...
Got a 7th or 8th Grader Headed For College?
Below, I give you 7 minutes of fast-paced video training created specifically for parents of 7th and 8th graders. If you've got a bright, capable 7th or 8th grader headed for college—you're probably wondering, "How are we going to pay for that?" You're especially...
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 every Monday morning. Open this newsletter every Monday, and you'll keep debt-free college at the top of your mind as...
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...
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.