If you're in the long process of launching a teen into adult life, you know the wobbly, unstable feeling. Your teen's about to embark on a journey that's going to be exciting. It'll be a combination of breathtaking beauty and—at certain times—hair-raising,...
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...
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...
Your son or daughter will be leaving for college soon, and it's just hit you how much you'll be paying out of pocket for tuition, room and board, and other college-related expenses. How can you pay high college bills—without piling debt onto the kid you love? You...
Your kids won't think today's strategy is funny, but you will—when you watch them scrambling to make a dollar stretch until it screams. Ha ha ha ha! Join me, Jeannie Burlowski, for episode 3 of the Launch Your Teens podcast, where you'll learn the most loved parenting...
Psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud, co-author of the life-changing Boundaries books and The Mom Factor, says that today’s moms will do more good for their families by giving up “the Supermom model of motherhood, which never worked anyway,” and instead relaxing into being a...
To see my article on What Nobody's Saying About the College Admissions Scandal, click here. The dad sitting by you in the soccer bleachers tells you that he's not worried about his kids' college planning—because he's hired a $5,000 college consultant to engineer the...
If you're concerned that you're currently LATE to college planning, read this article now. College planning can feel like being lost in a jungle. And sadly, your kid's high school guidance counselor (nowadays more properly called a "school counselor,") can't help much...
By this time nearly everyone's heard of Gary Chapman's book, The 5 Love Languages. It's sold over 11 million copies, it's the 12th most popular book on Amazon (where it has more than 13,000 5-star reviews), and it's been a New York Times Bestseller 8 years running....
Back in 2009, researchers in Google's People Innovation Lab spent an entire year finding the answer to one question: "What makes managers wildly successful?" According to this Inc. article, Google put all the resources at its disposal into data-mining "performance...
If you’ll have one or more kids in college next fall—get your family first in line for financial aid money. You'll do this by filling out the FAFSA financial aid form as close to October 1st as you possibly can. You read that right—eleven months in advance. Are you...
Are you divorced from your child's other parent? If so, there are specialized strategies you can use to reduce your kids' future college costs. Here's just one. 1. Figure out which of your child's parents has the lower household income. Is it you, or is it your...
Today I'm announcing the extra bonuses your family will receive if you purchase LAUNCH by January 11, 2017. Bonus #1 You and your immediate family will be invited to attend an online MasterClass with live Q&A with me, the author -- at no charge to you. This online...
Ben and Amy have been divorced for years. Finally, though, they've found something they both agree on: they want their teenage daughter, Sophie, to get through college as close to debt-free as possible—and directly into a job she loves afterward. Millions of other...
In just a matter of days or hours, Valentine's Day will be over for another year. Tissue paper from wrapped gifts will litter the bedroom floor, chocolates will have been devoured, and pink and red greeting cards will have been set up in display mode on the kitchen...
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.
