5 Tips for Communicating Effectively With Your Anxious Teen
As academic coaches, we get the honor of guiding our students as they navigate a wonderfully exciting time. We get a front row seat to their successes in the classrooms and beyond. In our role, we’ve also seen firsthand the mounting anxiety that many of these teens experience – an almost inevitability when we consider […]
Everything You Need to Know About Alumni Interviews
Your application is submitted and now you’ve got your feet up, relaxing until you get your final decision. (I’m kidding – we all know there’s pretty much nothing relaxing about senior year. At least, not until after you’ve been accepted.) Then, you receive a request for an alumni interview, and you’ve got a new challenge. […]
Mastering The “Study Cycle”
Our teachers have drilled it into our heads since middle school: cramming is not an effective method of studying. We’re told repeatedly that waiting until the night before an exam to buckle down and study will not pay off in the long run. And yet, somehow, that’s often what happens. No more! Let’s chat about […]
8 Snacks That Help Boost Your Memory
When you’re prepping for a big exam, the best thing you can do is – obviously –study hard and study often. That said, what’s the harm in pulling out a few other tricks to enhance your efforts and give you an even better shot? These eight snacks that help boost your memory can be your […]
How Has the College Admissions Scandal Changed the Landscape of College Admissions?
When the news broke that fifty people – including celebrities like Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin – took part in a scheme to get their children into elite colleges through nefarious (and illegal) methods, reactions were varied. Some people were utterly unsurprised, while others were shocked. Across the board, however, we were all appalled. Now, […]
The Dos and Don’ts of Emailing Colleges
During your junior and senior years of high school, it’s inevitable that you’ll be contacting different people from your potential or future college. Typically, your questions are welcomed. Whether you’re consulting a professor about a program they run on campus or an admissions counselor about their application process, it’s important that you put your best […]
After the Application
Today, The New York Times published a fantastic article about the college application process by writer Kelly Corrigan. Specifically, it was a piece about the different ways this process – this crazy, stressful, hectic, emotional, thrilling process – changes students for the better. It’s an excellent read for any parent or child in the midst […]
5 Easy (and Cheap!) Ways to Relax During the College Admissions Process
When I was applying for college, it seemed like that was all anyone ever talked about. Everyone wanted to know where we were applying, what our top choice school was, and what we wanted to study. Every conversation with an adult seemed to start with, “So, where are you headed next year?” It’s safe to […]
Students Will Soon Be Able to Retake Individual Sections of the ACT (Without Retaking the Entire Exam!)
Your ACT scores are back, and you’re thrilled. Well, mostly thrilled. You knocked the Math, Reading, English, and Writing sections out of the park, but your Science score… well, it could be better. If you find yourself in this predicament, you have a major reason to celebrate today. Today, for the first time since 1989, […]
Five Steps To Making A New Habit That Will Actually Stick
Recently, we discussed five helpful habits to implement for the school year, AKA the what. Today, we’re covering the steps to take to actually build these new habits – the how. And the how is important! Proudly proclaiming you’re going to start incorporating helpful habits into your daily life is great, but having an action […]