better grades with less stress on the path to the perfect college
It’s time to visit colleges! What should you do? How will you remember one college from the next? How do you use the visit to tailor your application? And Erin provides her list of questions for ask current students. Happy … Read More »
A parent, Lisa, writes in about her daughter who has anxiety. Is it alright to skip the math, science, and foreign language senior year? What do colleges want to see? How do I keep my kid competitive and healthy?
Megan wished everyone knew these things about the SAT/ACT! We also get an idea about some of the upcoming changes to the digital PSAT and the SAT they are rolling out. What you need to know to give yourself the … Read More »
Erin is working with students on the college admission process and she has some questions for Megan about helping with college essays. How much should we help? What if we don’t like the essay? How do we handle the battle … Read More »
Listener emails!! Today we return from summer with a couple email from you!
Ready for back to school? School supply shopping! It is Erin’s favorite thing to do all year and, like most thing, she has some strong opinions on this subject. She even keeps a page about school supplies on her website … Read More »
We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: expected major. Some applications ask you to declare an expected major-how are you supposed to know this? What … Read More »
We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills to succeed in college. Today’s focus is on what teachers and professors wish you knew. What do teachers … Read More »
We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: activities. What constitutes a good activity list? What if I have a bunch of activities–which should I list? … Read More »
We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills so they can live independently. Today’s focus is on cleaning. Now that we have covered decluttering (episode 481) … Read More »