10 Tips for Staying Safe At College
Leaving the nest and heading off to college is a thrilling new chapter. However, with all the new social and academic opportunities come opportunities for danger. Most college students are in brand new surroundings, feeling invincible and often naïve about many common safety issues. Mix in 2 a.m. walks home from the library and inebriated […]
Skip The Screens: Here’s Why Paper Planners Are (And Always Will Be) Best
It’s obvious that our phones, laptops, and tablets have allowed us to simplify our lives. Suddenly, we no longer need watches, alarm clocks, calculators, or cameras – we’ve got them all in one, in the palm of our hands! However, there is one “old school” item that I will never give up, and that’s my […]
7 Tips for Fostering Body Positivity in Adolescence
Recently, we shared six tips for fostering body positivity in childhood, which is an incredibly important step in creating a healthy foundation for your children. But, let’s be real, teenagers are a very different beast – and there aren’t any Daniel Tiger episodes to help. Adolescence is a rollercoaster for a variety of reasons, and […]
6 Tips for Fostering Body Positivity in Childhood
“Body positivity” has been a hot topic in recent years and as a mom, it’s something that I have prioritized instilling in my own children. In short, body positivity is the idea that all people deserve to feel good in their body, period. The body positivity movement has worked to dismantle unrealistic beauty standards portrayed […]
13 Essentials for Your Dorm Room
I vividly remember moving into my freshman dorm. My roommate – a stranger at the time but a best friend now – was unpacking her things while we laughed hysterically. She’d brought caution tape (“For a theme party!”), steak knives (we never figured that one out), and enough canned soup to feed an army. Fast […]
New Info Released About the SAT Going Digital
As we’ve discussed in a previous blog post, the SAT is going fully digital. While this is a change most people saw coming, it is going to be a massive one. The class of 2024 will be the last class to experience the SAT that we know today, and the class of 2025 will have […]
Still Undecided? Here Are 9 Weird College Majors You’ve Probably Never Considered (But Probably, Totally Should)
I was an English major. My best friends majored in things like Biomedical Engineering, Human & Organizational Development, Political Science, and Biology. I have a deep respect for each and every one of those areas of study – but there’s a lot more out there than people realize. If you’re still undecided and nothing seems […]
Five Reasons You Should Be Visiting Your College’s Career Center
Whether you’re searching for an internship after your freshman year or hunting for a job before graduation, figuring out your career path is hard. The career center on campus solely exists to make this less hard. If this simple fact still hasn’t sold you on taking a stroll to the career center, here are a […]
Seven Tips for Choosing Your College Application Essay Topic
There’s normal writer’s block, and then there’s looking at blank Word document, trying to write your college essay writer’s block… and oh man, the second one is intense. It feels like SO MUCH is riding on the quality of your college essay, so it’s no surprise that choosing a topic is one of the trickiest […]
How “Test Optional” Policies Have Impacted Admissions
We’ve written previously about our thoughts when it comes to “test optional” policies (which have become much more popular and widespread throughout the COVID-19 pandemic). Now that we’ve experienced two rounds of pandemic admissions cycles, however, we’ve got some cold hard numbers to analyze. How has the admissions process been impacted by these test optional […]