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Would you rather be the smartest person in an average school or the middle student at the smartest school? Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath has a wealth of wisdom about how to approach college admissions sanely. Megan shares key … Read More »
Now that the Common Core curriculum is more wide spread in the United States, kids are learning math in ways very different than their parents, tutors, and coaches originally learned it. This is causing some frustration around kitchen tables around … Read More »
Colleges are increasingly checking out students’ online social media profiles to decide whether they are worthy of admission into their schools. How college and job ready is your social media presence? Megan shares some stories, tips and tricks about how … Read More »
Just because it’s summer and students aren’t on campus doesn’t mean that you can’t have a rich, meaningful college visit. In fact, summer is one of the most practical times for families to visit colleges around the country, as a … Read More »
In our tech-oriented lifestyles, pop-ups and notifications are common experience on all our devices, from phones to computers. So common, in fact, that we all tolerate them more than we should, to the detriment of our increasingly fractured ability to … Read More »
Making a good To Do list is a skill in and of itself. But once you get good at making accurate and helpful lists, how do you actually prioritize which items to do first? Today Gretchen and Megan discuss blind … Read More »
The college essay topics have been updated! University of California has posted a brand new set of college essay topics that provide a nice selection for students who have trouble thinking of what to say. During this episode Megan walks … Read More »
We have noticed all kinds of simple and surprising skills that students don’t know how to do! But they NEED these skills in order to function independently in college and through life, so we list them here. Have fun building … Read More »
It’s time for another Q&A show! Today we tackle these questions from our listeners: SAT Practice Tests. Do you know if they have more than 4 practice SAT tests? We have done all the ones on Ivy Global site and … Read More »
Did you know that a college degree from England may be cheaper than one from the United States? Megan recently went to an information session where she met representatives from 5 universities in England, and she shares with us some … Read More »