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12 Things Real Students [and Former Students] Wish They Had Known Before Starting High School

While it’s important to live life without regrets… let’s face it, we all have a few. (In fact, I asked a friend what she wishes she’d known before starting high school and she screamed, “I wish I knew to TRY! It’s my biggest regret of my life! I never TRIED!”) Until someone invents a time […]

Talking to Your Kids About Ukraine

After hearing the stories and seeing the images coming out from Ukraine over the past couple of weeks, most of us have felt at a loss for words. Most of us have had trouble understanding what we are seeing and watching. And, of course, most of us are adults… so how do we think younger […]

7 School Supplies We Are Loving Right Now

I’m a sucker for good school supplies. The right highlighter can make a boring chapter feel manageable. A luxurious pen can make note-taking fun (or, at the very least, bearable). A good planner can make time management a breeze. If you’re looking to upgrade the tools in your academic toolbox, you need to check out […]

This Is Called “The Most Famous College Essay Ever Written.” Here’s Why It Worked.

If you Google “best college essays,” hundreds of links will pop up. You can kill a lot of time reading essays that got applicants into Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, and every other elite university under the sun – and there is much to be gained from doing so! However, my personal favorite essay* is an antique. Written […]

Yikes! 5 Unexpected Things Vaping Does to Your Body

Vaping has been lauded as the safer alternative to cigarettes and has been credited with helping many long-term smokers kick the habit. However, it has also become a popular vice among high school students, enticed by the mistaken belief that vaping is harmless. We’ve talked about some of the most common vaping myths, but it’s […]

The SAT is Going Fully Digital – Here’s What You Should Know

It’s seemed like an inevitable move for a few years now, and this week College Board made it official: the SAT is scrapping the paper and going fully digital. Instead of meticulously filling in bubbles with a #2 pencil, students will be taking the entire exam on a computer or laptop. So, what’s this new […]

3 Tips for Parenting a Rebellious Teenager (From a Former Rebellious Teenager)

When I tell people that I was a tough teenager to raise, they often laugh. I was a dream kid on paper. I got straight As, I didn’t talk back to authority figures, I volunteered, yada yada. For my parents, it was another story. I got a secret piercing. I got a not-so-secret piercing (on […]

Helping Your Child Improve Their Executive Functioning (At Home!)

Executive functioning is a hot topic here, and for good reason. Executive functioning consists of the various mental processes and cognitive abilities that allow our students to stay organized, remember things, manage our time, solve problems, accomplish goals – basically everything required for academic success. At its core, executive functioning is the level of self-awareness […]

5 Tips & Tricks for Transferring

Dream colleges are a lot like dream partners… they might seem flawless in the beginning, but it doesn’t take long to get the full picture. And that picture isn’t always pretty. While we all know the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, it’s also important to trust your gut when it says something […]

Dealing with the Parental Anxiety of Having a High School Student

When I was a senior in high school, there was only one university I wanted to attend – and I made that clear to everyone who would listen. When I finally ripped open my decision letter (thankfully with the word “Congratulations!” in large lettering across the top), my dad instantly burst into happy tears of […]