The College Prep Podcast
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523: Spring Start / Summer Start / Transer Students: What to do when you don’t enter with the rest of your graduating class?
25 mins; April 29, 2024
522: NCAA & Athletics in College
27 mins; April 22, 2024
521: Warning Signs when Researching Colleges
29 mins; April 15, 2024
520: How Can I Tell if a College Is “Good”?
26 mins; April 08, 2024
519: Unique College Programs
25 mins; April 01, 2024
518: What We Mean When We Suggest You “Research Colleges”
25 mins; March 25, 2024
517: Looking Forward to Summer- Suggestions for Students
23 mins; March 18, 2024
516: What to do if you get deferred or want to appeal your college decision
25 mins; March 11, 2024
515: SAT or no SAT: What is best for students?
24 mins; March 04, 2024
514: Strategies for Selecting Early Decision 1 and 2 Schools
21 mins; February 26, 2024
513: How to Make the Most of Merit Scholarship Money
21 mins; February 19, 2024
512: Q&A Session!
20 mins; February 12, 2024
511: SPECIAL GUEST: Sonia Cacique from The College & Career Ready Podcast
25 mins; February 05, 2024
510: How Do I Know if I am Ready for Independence?
26 mins; January 29, 2024
509: What are Learning Differences and Should We Get Tested?
30 mins; January 22, 2024
508: What’s on Our College Spreadsheets?
28 mins; January 15, 2024
507: Burn-Out is real–what can we do about it?
24 mins; January 08, 2024
506: All About Financial Aid 2023-24
28 mins; January 01, 2024
505: Normalizing Rejection
20 mins; December 25, 2023
504: Help! Where should we start planning for college?
32 mins; December 18, 2023
503: College Ideas for Students Who Don’t Seem Ready for Full University Experience
19 mins; December 11, 2023
502: More Than a Gift Idea: GAMES!
24 mins; December 04, 2023
501: Quantify It: Strategy for College Admission
25 mins; November 27, 2023
500: Special Guest: How to Encourage Students to Ask for Help
29 mins; November 20, 2023
499: Listener E-Mail: Should We Reach Out to the College Admissions Office?
22 mins; November 13, 2023
498: Advice for High School Students Considering a Pre-Med/Pre-Vet Path
15 mins; November 06, 2023
497: Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of Cheating: Navigating the Digital Age
26 mins; October 30, 2023
496: This Year’s Unique FAFSA
16 mins; October 23, 2023
495: Stats Versus Calc: A Showdown
23 mins; October 16, 2023
494: How to Do College Visits The Right Way
19 mins; October 09, 2023
493: Listener E-mail: Senior Year Schedule for a Student with Anxiety
16 mins; October 02, 2023
492: Update to the SAT & ACT and “never ever” advice from Megan
26 mins; September 25, 2023
491: Erin’s Essay Questions: How to Help Students Write an Awesome One
24 mins; September 18, 2023
490: We Get to Hear From You: Course Selection & Sport Questions
20 mins; September 11, 2023
489: Erin’s School Supply Smackdown
23 mins; September 04, 2023
488: College Applications Series: Expected Major
11 mins; August 28, 2023
487: Things Teachers/Professors Wish You Knew
19 mins; August 21, 2023
486: College Applications Series: Activities
13 mins; August 14, 2023
485: Adulting 101 Series: Cleaning/Tidying
15 mins; August 07, 2023
484: College Applications Series: Testing
9 mins; July 31, 2023
483: Adulting 101 Series: Organization
15 mins; July 24, 2023
482: College Applications Series: Honors
10 mins; July 17, 2023
481: Adulting 101 Series: Decluttering Your Bedroom
16 mins; July 10, 2023
480: College Applications Series: Education
12 mins; July 03, 2023
479: Adulting 101 Series: Self-Care
12 mins; June 26, 2023
478: College Applications Series: Family Information
10 mins; June 19, 2023
477: Habit Loop
12 mins; June 12, 2023
476: College Applications Series: Personal & Demographic Information
11 mins; June 05, 2023
Avoid Mistakes When Choosing High School Courses
26 mins; May 29, 2023
474: The Good and Not So Good of Checklists
21 mins; May 22, 2023
473: How to Talk to Your Teachers
23 mins; May 15, 2023
472: It’s the end of the school year…now what?
23 mins; May 08, 2023
471: Ideas to Improve Student Success in Math
38 mins; May 01, 2023
470: How to Stop Managing Your Child
32 mins; April 24, 2023
469: Wins and Loses in Admissions This Year
28 mins; April 17, 2023
468: The Answers You Don’t Actually Want
28 mins; April 10, 2023
467: Why is Single Sex Education a Hard Sell?
20 mins; April 03, 2023
466: Should We Rate Schools Like Ski Slopes?
28 mins; March 27, 2023
465: Strategies around going for ED, EA, REA, regular and rolling decisions
26 mins; March 20, 2023
464: The Importance of the GPA in the College-Admissions Process
27 mins; March 13, 2023
463: Homeschooling, Dual-Enrollment, CLEP/IB/AP-credits, and College: What You Need to Know
29 mins; March 06, 2023
462: How Much Do Majors Matter for Professional Degrees?
23 mins; February 27, 2023
461: Something Better Than “Safety Schools”
20 mins; February 20, 2023
460: How Faculty Issues Can Affect Your College Experience
27 mins; February 13, 2023
459: Financial Literacy, Paying for College, and More
23 mins; February 06, 2023
458: What’s the Point of College?
21 mins; January 31, 2023
457: How to Find Meaningful Community Service Opportunities
17 mins; January 23, 2023
456: Stop Saying “This Is So Hard!”
21 mins; January 16, 2023
455: What You Need to Know About the New Digital SAT
29 mins; January 09, 2023
454: What’s the Best Advice You Have Received?
24 mins; January 02, 2023
453: 2022 Year in Review
30 mins; December 26, 2022
452: Community Colleges
24 mins; December 19, 2022
451: “More Right” — How to Crack Multiple Choice Tests
26 mins; December 12, 2022
450: December: Standardized Tests and Final Exams
21 mins; December 05, 2022
449: Why Colleges Say No–Top Reasons for Rejection
26 mins; November 28, 2022
448: Do Colleges Want to See Depth or Breadth?
24 mins; November 21, 2022
447: How College Rankings Hurt Students
24 mins; November 14, 2022
446: November: Middle of the Semester Tasks for Success
18 mins; November 07, 2022
445: How To Identify (And Fix) Common Causes of Procrastination
20 mins; October 31, 2022
444: Success in Admission Starts with the Right List of Schools [reprise]
33 mins; October 24, 2022
443: College Admissions Essays: Frequently Asked Questions
25 mins; October 17, 2022
442: October: How to Make the Most of the Inevitable Dip This Month
21 mins; October 10, 2022
441: College Orientation: A Make or Break Factor for Student Success
24 mins; October 03, 2022
440: Stop Student Brain Drain and Take Charge of Technology
25 mins; September 26, 2022
439: Time Management or Study Skills: What’s First on the Agenda This School Year?
17 mins; September 19, 2022
438: September: Tips for Teachers AND Students for Getting Off to a Great Start
20 mins; September 12, 2022
437: How & Whether to Build More Rigor Into Your High School Schedule
28 mins; September 05, 2022
436: How a Student With F’s and ADHD Got Into Her Dream School (from the Archives)
31 mins; August 29, 2022
435: Megan & Gretchen Review Their Summer and Plans for Fall
27 mins; August 22, 2022
434: This Month in August– College Planning & Academic Issues
17 mins; August 15, 2022
433: I Wish I Knew How to Best Offer Career Counseling to Students
11 mins; August 08, 2022
432: I Wish I Knew: How to Help Students Better Pay Attention to Attention
10 mins; August 01, 2022
430: I Wish I Knew: How to Talk to Students About “Learning Transfer”
10 mins; July 18, 2022
429: How Many Parents Micromanage Their Kids’ Education?!
11 mins; July 11, 2022
428: Beware Insufficient Prior Knowledge & Misconceptions
10 mins; July 04, 2022
427: The Actual Cost of Greek Life
12 mins; June 27, 2022
426: How Much Students Fear & Mistrust Teachers
11 mins; June 20, 2022
425: Early Decisions Has Significant Personal Benefits
9 mins; June 13, 2022
423: An Often Overlooked Way to Evaluate Colleges – Career Services (From the Archives)
36 mins; May 30, 2022
422:Don’t Miss These Key Student Action Items in June and July
18 mins; May 23, 2022