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Having the right calculator can effect your math scores on the ACT and SAT, yet too many students have the wrong calculator with them.

Megan walks you through how to get the right calculator ahead of time.

Tune in to explore:

* Common mistakes students make when choosing calcultors

* Whether you need to purchase an expensive calculator, or whether cheaper versions will do

* What the requirements are for ACT and SAT approved calculators

* Whether to buy or rent your calculators,

* And more!

If you’d like some extra reading, here are the calculator policies for the ACT and the SAT.

Having the right calculator can effect your math scores on the ACT and SAT, yet too many students have the wrong calculator with them.

Megan walks you through how to get the right calculator ahead of time.

Tune in to explore:

* Common mistakes students make when choosing calcultors

* Whether you need to purchase an expensive calculator, or whether cheaper versions will do

* What the requirements are for ACT and SAT approved calculators

* Whether to buy or rent your calculators,

* And more!

If you’d like some extra reading, here are the calculator policies for the ACT and the SAT.

It’s important to rest and rejuvenate over the summer, but it’s also a great time to reflect about gifts and challenges of the past year, learn from past mistakes, and make a success plan for the new year.

Tune in to this episode during which Gretchen lays out a process to balance fun and learning over the summer. Specifically, she’ll cover how to:

* Guide students through a year-end reflection process, and the importance of doing so as soon as possible after the school year has ended,

* Use that reflection process to identify a few areas for improvement over the summer, with special attention to the areas of time management, organization, study skills and self advocacy.

* Gather new tools to help with the challenges — time management, organization, study skills, self advocacy

* Make a “Time Capsule” or “Cheat Sheet” of tips and tricks for the new school year that you can refer to when the school year starts

* Make a plan for how to put those tips into action when the new school year begins.

It is certainly possible for parents to lead students through this reflection process themselves, including working through the Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying online course with their students; however, if you’d like a coach to guide you through this process, feel free to check out any of these Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.

It’s important to rest and rejuvenate over the summer, but it’s also a great time to reflect about gifts and challenges of the past year, learn from past mistakes, and make a success plan for the new year.

Tune in to this episode during which Gretchen lays out a process to balance fun and learning over the summer. Specifically, she’ll cover how to:

* Guide students through a year-end reflection process, and the importance of doing so as soon as possible after the school year has ended,

* Use that reflection process to identify a few areas for improvement over the summer, with special attention to the areas of time management, organization, study skills and self advocacy.

* Gather new tools to help with the challenges — time management, organization, study skills, self advocacy

* Make a “Time Capsule” or “Cheat Sheet” of tips and tricks for the new school year that you can refer to when the school year starts

* Make a plan for how to put those tips into action when the new school year begins.

It is certainly possible for parents to lead students through this reflection process themselves, including working through the Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying online course with their students; however, if you’d like a coach to guide you through this process, feel free to check out any of these Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.

Many families assume that AP, IB and Dual Credit Courses will help them get ahead and save money in college. However, this is not always the case.

Listen in as Megan outlines how these higher level higher school classes in high school will — and won’t! — benefit you when you get to college. Specifically, she’ll walk you through:

* The limitations of taking AP, IB and Dual Credit courses, including what can transfer where and what scores are needed,

* Before taking these classes, how to establish your goals to you’re clear why you are taking them, and whether those reasons are realistic

*  How to research the credit by exam policies at the colleges on your list, so you know in advance which courses will count towards college credit and which won’t

* When to meet with an academic advisor to help determine which credits you should “cash in”, and

* The importance of remember these programs are part of a complete academic plan, and not the “be all and end all” of your college career.

Also note: It’s final exam time! If you need some help with studying for final exams, check out some of these episodes:

* Episode 84: Everything You Need to Know to Rock Your Finals

* Episode 158: Five Secrets to Taking Multiple Choice Tests Well

* Episode 189: How to Make an Anti-Cram Plan for Final Exams

 

 

 

* Start directing people to final exam review episodes

Many families assume that AP, IB and Dual Credit Courses will help them get ahead and save money in college. However, this is not always the case.

Listen in as Megan outlines how these higher level higher school classes in high school will — and won’t! — benefit you when you get to college. Specifically, she’ll walk you through:

* The limitations of taking AP, IB and Dual Credit courses, including what can transfer where and what scores are needed,

* Before taking these classes, how to establish your goals to you’re clear why you are taking them, and whether those reasons are realistic

*  How to research the credit by exam policies at the colleges on your list, so you know in advance which courses will count towards college credit and which won’t

* When to meet with an academic advisor to help determine which credits you should “cash in”, and

* The importance of remember these programs are part of a complete academic plan, and not the “be all and end all” of your college career.

Also note: It’s final exam time! If you need some help with studying for final exams, check out some of these episodes:

* Episode 84: Everything You Need to Know to Rock Your Finals

* Episode 158: Five Secrets to Taking Multiple Choice Tests Well

* Episode 189: How to Make an Anti-Cram Plan for Final Exams

 

 

 

* Start directing people to final exam review episodes

Cheating is on the rise in high schools around the country!

Megan has been observing this in the reports coming from her clients’ and her daughters’ school.

Tune in as Megan and Gretchen explore this topic in more detail, including:

* The reasons Megan observes for this epidemic, including the way the internet exacerbates the impulse to cheat

* What the real harms are to students who succumb to temptation to cheat

* Questions parents can ask their students to make sure that students have thought through impulses, consequences, and alternatives to cheating as a way to raise grades.

Cheating is on the rise in high schools around the country!

Megan has been observing this in the reports coming from her clients’ and her daughters’ school.

Tune in as Megan and Gretchen explore this topic in more detail, including:

* The reasons Megan observes for this epidemic, including the way the internet exacerbates the impulse to cheat

* What the real harms are to students who succumb to temptation to cheat

* Questions parents can ask their students to make sure that students have thought through impulses, consequences, and alternatives to cheating as a way to raise grades.

Did you know your friends can be a HUGE resource to help you get your homework done?

Too many students try to go it alone, but school is hard enough as it is! One of your most useful resources as a teenager is your friends, after all. Why not use them for good?

Listen in as Gretchen walks you through these six ways to use your friends to get stuff done and help you follow through on your academic responsibilities:

* Study Groups

* Co-working at school in between classes

* Co-working on skype, Facetime, or Zoom

* Bookending

* Co-working right before a fun night out (or in) with friends

* Typing while you talk

 

Did you know your friends can be a HUGE resource to help you get your homework done?

Too many students try to go it alone, but school is hard enough as it is! One of your most useful resources as a teenager is your friends, after all. Why not use them for good?

Listen in as Gretchen walks you through these six ways to use your friends to get stuff done and help you follow through on your academic responsibilities:

* Study Groups

* Co-working at school in between classes

* Co-working on skype, Facetime, or Zoom

* Bookending

* Co-working right before a fun night out (or in) with friends

* Typing while you talk