Collegehood Advice

Every college student, even the ones who made a 1600 on their SAT, even those who seem like they never study, even those in the honors program benefit from academic help at some point during college.

In my 15 years of supporting student through the college experience, it’s become crystal clear that students who regularly use academic support services like academic coaching, tutoring, supplemental instruction, and content labs experience less stress and perform better than students who don’t.

In this episode, highly experienced academic support professional Maribel Tostado shares how not only boost your performance, but also ease your experience by using academic support services like tutoring.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why tutoring is for everyone

• What to expect from a tutoring session

• How to get the most value from a tutoring session

• How to access tutoring from home during COVID

This episode for anyone who wants to improve their academic performance no matter their academic history.

Links and Resources:

• Become a Collegehood Advice Insider

• How to Be Your Own Advocate with Sol Wooten

• How I Learned to Ask for Help with Meredith Mistrot

The most wise, most prepared, and brightest students make mistakes that could be easily avoided simply by adopting a few simple habits and choices. Join college success expert, Katy Oliveira to learn:

• Why it's important to go into the college experience with the right mindset
• Top 4 mistakes college freshman make
• Concrete steps you can take to avoid these mistakes

Links & Resources:

• Become a Collegehood Advice Insider
• Free Resources to Help You Succeed During College

Let’s face it college is really expensive, but this doesn’t mean you have to struggle to pay for it.

Your college education is an investment in yourself. And just like any other investments there are strategies that you can implement to make sure you’re investing your money wisely.

In this episode, college success expert Katy Oliveira and Jerome Harper co-author of Don’t Waste Your College Tuition shares simple and straightforward ways to not only pay for college, but also how to make the most of your investment.

What You’ll Learn:

• What does it takes to pay for college
• Common mistakes students make when it comes to managing their investment in college
• Steps students can take to pay for and protect their investment in college
• Recommendations on how to make the most of your college tuition dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic

Resources & Links:

• Become a Collegehood Advice Insider
• dontwasteyourcollegetuition.com
• Instagram: @dontwasteyourcollegetuition 

You know that you should wear a mask, socially distance, and wash your hands, but what else can you do to minimize your risk of catching or spreading COVID? College success expert, Katy Oliveira is joined by Board-Certified Family Physician Dr. Jill Grimes to share simple practices and strategies to help you stay healthy this semester while also allowing you to go to class, spend time with friends, and live your life.

• Best Semester Ever Challenge 
• Unexpected Gap Year Workshop

• Ultimate College Student Health Handbook

• https://jillgrimesmd.com/

• Connect with Dr. Grimes on Twitter

Figuring out what to do about college this fall and beyond is clear as mud for most of us. Even colleges and admissions experts struggle to recommend a one size fits all best practice about going to college this fall leaving college students and their parents feeling at a loss. In this episode, admissions expert Dr. Bari Norman shares valuable advice and information to help you make sense of it all.

What You’ll Learn:

• How colleges are approaching bringing student back to campus
• How to spend your time if you decide to defer
• How going test optional admissions policies will change college admissions
• What to expect from college admission next year

Links to Resources:

• Attend Supporting Your Student During Their Unexpected Gap Year Workshop
• Join the Best Semester Ever Challenge
• www.expertadmissions.com
• IG: @expertadmissions
• FB: Expert Admissions
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/expert-admissions/

Students with high levels of grit have higher levels of college success. And hope in particular is the number one indicator of college achievement. Join college success expert, Katy Oliveira, and guest Dr. Sarah Porter to learn how you can grow your grit and hope during college and beyond. This episode is great for anyone eager to achieve their goals and reach their potential. 

• Join the Best Semester Ever Challenge
• How to Cope During a Crisis
• One Word to Boost Confidence
• Find out how “gritty” you are by filling out Dr. Angela Duckworth’s Grit Scale at https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/. 
• Take the free character strengths survey at https://www.viacharacter.org to help you clarify your strengths and guide your identification of an interest or passion.
• To figure out your core values, go through a free values clarification exercise at https://www.think2perform.com/our-approach/values/new. 
• Try your hand at a best possible self exercise at https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/best_possible_self#data-tab-evidence.
• Follow the instructions for making your own hope map at https://www.viacharacter.org/topics/articles/don%27t-make-a-wish-try-hope-instead.  

Our fall 2020 season starts August 11th with all new episodes to help you make the most of college no matter what it looks like. We're talking staying healthy on campus, building your grit, defining your own success, paying for college, how professors grade your papers, how to drop your drama and so much more. Subscribe and tune-in every Tuesday wherever you listen to podcasts. 

And if you want to get organized, get motivated, and get ready to have your best semester ever despite covid join me in my free 5-day challenge.

Join the Best Semester Ever Challenge: https://collegehoodadvice.com/challenge

The College Life podcast brings college students information and stories on everything college life. We interview current college students, recent graduates, and people who work at colleges to discuss challenges, successes, and opportunities so you can make the most of your time in college. You might remember host, Alicia Sepulveda from our episode  "How to Bounce Back from Academic Probation.

Today we're featuring "21 Ways to Make College Your Own" where Alicia shares her favorite ways to experience college on your own terms. This episode is great for college bound students, college freshman, and anyone looking for a fresh start. 

If you enjoy this episode subscribe to College Life Coach wherever you listen to podcasts. 

A Genuine Girl is a podcast that shares a college girl's personal journey to finding herself. Through sharing her stories, host Meredith Mistrot, hopes to be a positive influence for other young women to embody their genuine selves. You might remember Meredith from our on "How I Learned to Ask for Help."

Today we're featuring "Feeling the Need to Fit In," where Meredith explores why it might actually not be in our best interest to constantly try to fit in with others, and why it is instead so much easier and more beneficial to just be our genuine selves. If you struggle with trying to fit in and please everyone around you, take a listen to this episode and allow it to inspire you to be okay with being yourself! 

If you enjoy this episode subscribe to A Genuine Girl wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Expressing our needs, desires, and boundaries to others can be really uncomfortable, but it is an essential part of creating a well balanced and fulfilling life.  In this episode, college success expert, Katy Oliveira chats with guest, Sol Wooten, about the ins and outs of developing the ability to be your own best advocate. Originally aired fall 2019.

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