Lance Millis is the College Answer Guy.    

College Answer Guy is a weekly column and blog containing weekly essays about a variety of college preparation and college topics.  Check back every week to see what's been added!  Information provided is aimed at helping high school students, their parents, and those who work with them prepare for and succeed in college.   

Millis has nearly 18 years of experience in higher education, including 7 in the Office of High School and College Relations and over 10 in academic advisement and student services administration at a large, public, land-grant university in Oklahoma.  He has been involved in new student enrollment, taught Freshman Orientation courses for a number of years, and has won campus awards for his academic advising.  Millis has been advisor to student organizations, a volunteer for new student orientation, served on and headed selection committees for student scholarships and awards, and currently heads the school's enrollment appeals committee. 

Millis also created CollegePrep-101, an award-winning web site aimed at helping students, their parents and others who work with them, prepare for and be successful in college.  Hundreds of thousands have visited the web site since it's creation in 1996, and literally thousands of students have been helped through the difficult transition from high school to college.

Millis' book, College Prep 101, is available at www.collegeprep101.com and  www.amazon.com

Millis holds both BS and MS degrees from Oklahoma State University (BS, Recreation Management, MS, Natural and Applied Sciences, Interdisciplinary Sciences Option), and is a graduate of Bartlesville High School, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.