The College Prep Podcast
By Megan Dorsey & Erin Wilson
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better grades with less stress on the path to the perfect college
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522: NCAA & Athletics in College
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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521: Warning Signs when Researching Colleges
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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520: How Can I Tell if a College Is “Good”?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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519: Unique College Programs
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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518: What We Mean When We Suggest You “Research Colleges”
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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517: Looking Forward to Summer- Suggestions for Students
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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516: What to do if you get deferred or want to appeal your college decision
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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515: SAT or no SAT: What is best for students?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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514: Strategies for Selecting Early Decision 1 and 2 Schools
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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513: How to Make the Most of Merit Scholarship Money
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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512: Q&A Session!
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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511: SPECIAL GUEST: Sonia Cacique from The College & Career Ready Podcast
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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510: How Do I Know if I am Ready for Independence?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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509: What are Learning Differences and Should We Get Tested?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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508: What’s on Our College Spreadsheets?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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507: Burn-Out is real–what can we do about it?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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506: All About Financial Aid 2023-24
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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505: Normalizing Rejection
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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504: Help! Where should we start planning for college?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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503: College Ideas for Students Who Don’t Seem Ready for Full University Experience
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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502: More Than a Gift Idea: GAMES!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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501: Quantify It: Strategy for College Admission
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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500: Special Guest: How to Encourage Students to Ask for Help
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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499: Listener E-Mail: Should We Reach Out to the College Admissions Office?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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498: Advice for High School Students Considering a Pre-Med/Pre-Vet Path
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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497: Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of Cheating: Navigating the Digital Age
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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496: This Year’s Unique FAFSA
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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495: Stats Versus Calc: A Showdown
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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494: How to Do College Visits The Right Way
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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493: Listener E-mail: Senior Year Schedule for a Student with Anxiety
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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492: Update to the SAT & ACT and “never ever” advice from Megan
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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491: Erin’s Essay Questions: How to Help Students Write an Awesome One
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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490: We Get to Hear From You: Course Selection & Sport Questions
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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489: Erin’s School Supply Smackdown
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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488: College Applications Series: Expected Major
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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487: Things Teachers/Professors Wish You Knew
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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486: College Applications Series: Activities
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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485: Adulting 101 Series: Cleaning/Tidying
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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484: College Applications Series: Testing
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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483: Adulting 101 Series: Organization
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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482: College Applications Series: Honors
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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481: Adulting 101 Series: Decluttering Your Bedroom
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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480: College Applications Series: Education
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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479: Adulting 101 Series: Self-Care
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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478: College Applications Series: Family Information
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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477: Habit Loop
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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476: College Applications Series: Personal & Demographic Information
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Avoid Mistakes When Choosing High School Courses
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May 29, 2023 |
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474: The Good and Not So Good of Checklists
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May 22, 2023 |
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473: How to Talk to Your Teachers
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May 15, 2023 |
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472: It’s the end of the school year…now what?
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May 08, 2023 |
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471: Ideas to Improve Student Success in Math
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May 01, 2023 |
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470: How to Stop Managing Your Child
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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469: Wins and Loses in Admissions This Year
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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468: The Answers You Don’t Actually Want
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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467: Why is Single Sex Education a Hard Sell?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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466: Should We Rate Schools Like Ski Slopes?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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465: Strategies around going for ED, EA, REA, regular and rolling decisions
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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464: The Importance of the GPA in the College-Admissions Process
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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463: Homeschooling, Dual-Enrollment, CLEP/IB/AP-credits, and College: What You Need to Know
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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462: How Much Do Majors Matter for Professional Degrees?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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461: Something Better Than “Safety Schools”
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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460: How Faculty Issues Can Affect Your College Experience
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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459: Financial Literacy, Paying for College, and More
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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458: What’s the Point of College?
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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457: How to Find Meaningful Community Service Opportunities
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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456: Stop Saying “This Is So Hard!”
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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455: What You Need to Know About the New Digital SAT
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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454: What’s the Best Advice You Have Received?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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453: 2022 Year in Review
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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452: Community Colleges
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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451: “More Right” — How to Crack Multiple Choice Tests
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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450: December: Standardized Tests and Final Exams
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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449: Why Colleges Say No–Top Reasons for Rejection
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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448: Do Colleges Want to See Depth or Breadth?
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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447: How College Rankings Hurt Students
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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446: November: Middle of the Semester Tasks for Success
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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445: How To Identify (And Fix) Common Causes of Procrastination
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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444: Success in Admission Starts with the Right List of Schools [reprise]
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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443: College Admissions Essays: Frequently Asked Questions
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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442: October: How to Make the Most of the Inevitable Dip This Month
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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441: College Orientation: A Make or Break Factor for Student Success
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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440: Stop Student Brain Drain and Take Charge of Technology
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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439: Time Management or Study Skills: What’s First on the Agenda This School Year?
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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438: September: Tips for Teachers AND Students for Getting Off to a Great Start
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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437: How & Whether to Build More Rigor Into Your High School Schedule
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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436: How a Student With F’s and ADHD Got Into Her Dream School (from the Archives)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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435: Megan & Gretchen Review Their Summer and Plans for Fall
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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434: This Month in August– College Planning & Academic Issues
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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433: I Wish I Knew How to Best Offer Career Counseling to Students
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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432: I Wish I Knew: How to Help Students Better Pay Attention to Attention
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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430: I Wish I Knew: How to Talk to Students About “Learning Transfer”
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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429: How Many Parents Micromanage Their Kids’ Education?!
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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428: Beware Insufficient Prior Knowledge & Misconceptions
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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427: The Actual Cost of Greek Life
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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426: How Much Students Fear & Mistrust Teachers
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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425: Early Decisions Has Significant Personal Benefits
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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423: An Often Overlooked Way to Evaluate Colleges – Career Services (From the Archives)
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May 30, 2022 |
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422:Don’t Miss These Key Student Action Items in June and July
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May 23, 2022 |
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421: SAT or ACT – Which Test is Better?
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May 16, 2022 |
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420: A 16-Year-Old’s Takeaways from a Semester of Coaching (From the Archives)
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May 09, 2022 |
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419: Key Issues in College Athletic Recruiting with David Robinson
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May 02, 2022 |
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416: Let’s Take Teacher (and Student!) Burnout Seriously with Kendrea Hart
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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415: April: The Last Month of “Normal”
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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414: New Ideas for Putting Together Your College List (Beyond the Standard Advice)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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413: Colleges are Marketing to You
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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412: Help Teens Transition to College with These Surprising Experiences
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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411: How To Handle March’s Sudden Student (and Educator) Slump
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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410: More Note Taking Strategies for the Savvy Student
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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409 – How to Get Accommodations on the ACT / SAT
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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408: Two Straightforward Steps to Taking Great Notes
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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407: Controversy – How Binding Is Early Decision & What You Should Know
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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406: The Study Tool That Every Classroom & Home Needs NOW!
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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405: Finding Scholarships – Specific Steps & Realistic Expectations
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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404: “Turn Your Camera On!?” How to Help Students Participate Better in Class
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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403: What We Really Should Pay Attention to About Student Mental Health
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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402: Some Surprising College Rejection Lessons
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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401: How Better Sleep Helps Us Learn Better Too + Hot Sleep Tips
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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400: Six Myths about College Admissions That Students Should Stop Believing
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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399: Teaching Students (and Ourselves!) to Run Self-Experiments
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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398: Final Exam Studying – Advice for Teachers and Students
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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397: Yes! Even a “C” Student Can Go To a 4-Year College
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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396: Tips for Being Productive on Vacation Without Sacrificing Downtime
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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395: How to “Convince” Your Resistant Teen to Try Coaching
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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394: How to Do An Audit of Your Notes
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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393: Expectations for College Night, Info Sessions & Tours
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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392: How to Get (or Write!) an Amazing Letter of Recommendation
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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391: How to Respond When a Teacher Humiliates You in Class
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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390: A New-ish Take on Accountability for Students… and All Humans!
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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389: Identifying (and Fixing!) Your College Admissions Weaknesses
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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388: Should You Use the Pass/Fail Option When It Comes to Grades?
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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387: 7 Tips for Taking Your First Test This Semester
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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386: What’s Impressive for College Admissions?!
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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385: The Most Important Question to Ask This School Year
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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384: We’re Back! The Co-Hosts Catch Up About Summer Adventures & Fall Plans
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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383: Case Study – How One College Student Goes From F’s to A’s in Physics
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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382: Case Study – How Two Students Got Smart About Extracurriculars
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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381: Case Study – AP Study Skills Class a Game Changer for Underprepared Students
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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380: When the College You Chose Ends Up Being a Bad Fit
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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378: When You’re Kicked Out of College First Semester
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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377: Case Study – How One School Achieved a 50% Drop in “Worried Parent” Calls
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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376: When You Get Rejected from Every College You Apply To
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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375: Case Study – The Varied Backgrounds of Expert Academic Coaches
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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374: Disasters in Standardized Testing
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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373: Confused About College Jargon? Here are Definitions.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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372: 10 Things Schools Get Wrong About Student Learning & Wellbeing
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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371: What to Know About the Latest Changes in College Admissions Testing
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May 31, 2021 |
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370: Have You Considered Taking a Gap Year?
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May 24, 2021 |
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369: How to Search for Colleges When You Do & Don’t Want Religion to Be a Major Factor
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May 17, 2021 |
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368: 6 Steps to Wrap Up Your Semester
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May 10, 2021 |
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367: Tips to Survive the End of This Horrible School Year: A Nervous System Perspective
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May 03, 2021 |
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366: Tips to Help Students Plan & Study for Finals
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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365: Scams (and Shams) That Target High School Students & their Families
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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364: Mental Health Tips for Students at This Stage of the Semester… & Pandemic
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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363: 5 Secrets to Taking Multiple Choice Tests Well
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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362: Best Practices for Empowering Black & Brown Students with Guest Taryn Fletcher
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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361: Does It Matter What Academic Skills We Teach Students First?
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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360: The Absolute BEST Way to Prep for College Success
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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359: Engaging Your Reluctant Teen in College Planning and Academic Success
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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358: How to Stay Motivated in the Midst of Increasing Pressure
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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357: Supporting Undocumented Students with the College Search Process
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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356: What (Not) To Do When Hiring An Academic Coach
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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355: Realistic Strategies for Reducing College Costs
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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354: 6 Academic Resources Students Don’t Use Enough
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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353: AP or Not to AP: Controversy & Considerations [Reprise]
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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352: Stop Telling Students to “Study” & Try This Instead
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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351: Start the New Semester Better Than Before
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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350: Unconventional Ways of Getting to the College of Your Dreams
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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349: 5 Fears Students Have That Need to Be Acknowledged (From the Archives)
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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348: Ways We Hope Schools Don’t “Go Back to Normal”
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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347: Access Scholarships: How to Find, Apply, and Earn Scholarships with Ayden Berkey
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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346: The Right and Wrong Ways to Use Study Guides to Prep for Tests
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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345: Watch Out for Fake Practice Tests for the SAT & ACT
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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344: The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with Elaine Taylor Klause
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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343: Tips for How to Search for Colleges During COVID and Beyond
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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342: Teens Tutor Teens: How One Student Started Her Own Peer Tutoring Network
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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341: Accommodations, Waivers & Special Circumstances in College Testing & Admissions
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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340: A Crucial Learning Habit for Students During Distance Learning and Beyond
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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339: How to Build Strong Virtual Relationships with Professors
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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338: How to Read a 400 Page Book in Under 2 Hours
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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337: How Colleges Evaluate Applicants – The Breakdown
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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336: How To Make College Visits Like A Pro with Danielle Marshall
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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335: One Black Student’s Advice for White Academic Coaches
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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334: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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333: Tips for Families at the Start of the Weirdest School Year Ever
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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331: Ten Tips for Learning from a Screen
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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332: Updates for the SAT, ACT & PSAT: Who Should Test & Who Should Wait
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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330: The Weirdest School Year Ever – A Personal Check In
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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329: How Will Cost Play a Factor in Your College Choices?
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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328: Calendaring Habits to Get in Gear Before School Starts
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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327: A Much-Needed New Tool to Organize & Plan for College Admission
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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326: 3+ Digital Clean Ups for Teens & Adults to Do Over the Summer
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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325: What Calculator Should You Use on the ACT or SAT?
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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324: Two Interesting Assessments Students Can Take Over the Summer
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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323: Urban Legend or Reality – Do Colleges Actually Rescind Offers of Admission?
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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322: Teach a Surprising Amount in Under 10 Minutes with the “Mini-Lecture”
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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321: Big Issues to Consider Before Writing College Admissions Essays
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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320: Help Students Rely Less on Nagging and More On Themselves
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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319: Semester, Trimester, Quarter, or Block Schedules– Which is Best?
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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318: 5 Mistakes Parents Make When Hiring Tutors
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May 25, 2020 |
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317: 7 Phases of the College Sports Recruiting Process
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May 18, 2020 |
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316: Is She a Hypocrite? Why Gretchen Doesn’t Follow Her Academic Advice
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May 11, 2020 |
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315: SAT Delays? Final Exams (or Not)?! How to Navigate This Strange End-of-Semester
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May 04, 2020 |
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314: A Fascinating (and Free!) Career Exploration Tool for Teens
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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313: Take Your College Visits to the Next Level [Reprise]
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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312: Tailor Your College Application to Improve Your Admission Chances
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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311: Is Freshman Year Too Soon for SAT Subject Tests & Test Prep?
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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310: Tips from Admissions Insiders About What Colleges are Really Looking For
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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309: How Teens Can Accept Defeat with Grace (In College Admissions and Beyond)
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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A Personal Message from Megan & Gretchen
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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308: Advice About Corona Virus Changes to Schooling and College Admissions
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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307: 10 Ways to Stay Awake in a Boring Class
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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306: The Differences Between High School and College Learning with Leonard Geddes
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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305: How to Do College Visits and Why They’re Important
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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304: Why Students Don’t Ask for Help and What to Do About it
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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303: In-State Tuition – Who Qualifies and What is the Cost Difference?
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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302: Select the Right High School Classes to Avoid Common Pitfalls
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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301: Listen In On One of Gretchen’s Training Calls with Teachers
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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300: Don’t Stretch the Truth; Colleges Are Fact Checking More Applications
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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299: Parenting Differently Wired Kids with Debbie Reber
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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298: How to Reduce the Harm of Constant Comparison
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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297: Have We Really Been Podcasting for 7 Years?!
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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296: Updated Advice — Do You Need to Take the Written Essay on the ACT/SAT?
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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295: Junior Year Status Check – Are You on Track with Essential College Tasks?
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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294: Learning How to Learn: Hot Tips from a University Learning Center
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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293: 7 Types of Students and Their Study Blindspots (Reprise)
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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292: 15+ Anti-Boring Ways to Study for Final Exams
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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291: How to Pay for College with ROTC Scholarships
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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290: Will My High SAT Score Make Up for a Lower GPA in College Admission?
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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289: Q&A – College Apps, Homeschooling & the Duke TIP Program
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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288: 6 Persistence Challenges that Keep Students from Graduating College
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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287: How College Makes or Breaks Us: An Interview with Journalist and Author Paul Tough
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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286: SAT or ACT? How to Decide Which Test is Best
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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285: Tips for Parents About How to (Not) Check Your Student’s Grades
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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284: How a Student with F’s and ADHD Got into Her Dream University
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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283: Is There a Perfect Planner for Students?
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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282: How to Honestly Evaluate How Strong a College Candidate You Are
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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281: How to Calendar the Entire School Year in One Sitting (From the Archives)
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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280: How to “Convince” a Resistant Teen to Try Coaching
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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279: College Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and How to Use It Effectively
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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278: A Surprising (and Fun!) Way to Use LinkedIn for Your College Search
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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277: Mistakes Families Make When Choosing High School Courses
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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276: 6 Ways Adult Learners Are Just Like Teenagers
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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275: Is College Board’s Adversity Index Necessary or a PR Grab?
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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274: Try New Study Strategies, Even if They Are Not Your “Learning Style”
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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273: What Watch Should You Wear at the SAT & ACT?
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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272: The Fine Line Between Coaching and Teaching: A Controversy
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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271: 13 Things Colleges Look for In High School Students
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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270: 7 Types of Tools Students Need to Study Strategically
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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269: Strategies for Pacing on the ACT and SAT
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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268: Are You Studying Accidentally or Strategically?
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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267: 12 Insights from Neuroscience to Teach & Learn Better
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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266: An Often Overlooked Way to Evaluate Colleges — Career Services
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May 27, 2019 |
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265: What College Did Megan’s Daughter Choose, and What Did the Family Learn?!
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May 20, 2019 |
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264: Self Care Tips for the End of the School Year
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May 13, 2019 |
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263: Practical Tips for Becoming a Working Artist in College and Beyond
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May 06, 2019 |
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262: Everything You Need to Know to Rock Your Finals
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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261: What Families Should Know About Medical Care on Campus
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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260: 10 Tips for Learning Even If Your Teacher is a Bad Explainer
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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259: Is Getting Into the “Right College” Worth All the High School Stress?
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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258 – Spring Cleaning?! 10 Ways to Get Organized Before Finals
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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257: Why Students Struggle on SAT / ACT Math & How to Improve Scores
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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256: 6+ Ways to Study for Tests in Five Minute Bursts
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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255: Mindfulness Tools for Upping your SAT & ACT Performance
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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254: Finding Scholarships – Specific Steps and Realistic Expectations
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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253: How to Find Meaningful Summer Activities – From the Archives
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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252: Two Straightforward Steps to Taking Great Notes
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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251: An Overview of How to Prepare for the ACT & SAT Admissions Tests
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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250: How to Nurture Mistake-Friendly Environments at School and Home
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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249: The Limitations and Realities of Taking AP Classes in High School
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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248: Why Teens Tell Fibs and How Parents and Educators Can Respond Effectively
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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247: What Megan Did Right (And Wrong!) as the Parent of a Senior Applying for College
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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246: 8+ Non-Boring Ways to Study for Tests
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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245: Do Aptitude and Interest Tests Help with College Admissions and Choosing Majors?
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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244: Finding a Good “Safety” School
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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243: The Power of Atomic Habits (and How to Skim a Nonfiction Book)
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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242: The Most Important Factor in College Admissions
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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241: Six Unusual Ways to Save Money on College
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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240: Two New Coaches Reflect: What Do Students Struggle With Most?
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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239: 5 Ways Parents, Teachers and Students Can Work Together
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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238: Colleges Love Good Grammar!
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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237: 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Parents of Teens
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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236: Tips for Writing Resumes and Rocking Interviews
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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235: Is it Even Possible to Make School Work “Fun”?
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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234: Military Academies and How to Get Accepted
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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233: How One University Teaches Study Skills
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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232: Colleges are Marketing To You
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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231: 3 Organizational Habits Students Need to Be College Ready
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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230: The Coach Approach to Parenting and Teaching with ImpactADHD
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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229: Answers to Your Questions About the SAT and Advanced Placement
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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228: Five Teacher Mistakes And What Students Can Do Instead
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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227: Debunking Misinformation about the ACT’s Science Exam
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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226: A Simple Checklist for Helping Students Overcome Procrastination
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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225: Save Money on Testing with Fee Waivers
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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224: Anti-Boring Tool #4 – Quizzable Study Tools
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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223: How to Apply for Testing Accommodations for ACT & SAT
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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222: Anti-Boring Tool #3 – Hone It Notes
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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221: Four Tips for Knocking Off Your Summer Reading Assignment
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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220: Anti-Boring Study Tool #2 – The Study Senses
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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219: Before You Write Your Admissions Essays, Listen to This
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Jul 02, 2018 |