collegepreppodcast's podcast

collegepreppodcast's podcast

By Megan Dorsey & Erin TempestEducationKids & Family
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  • 180: How Notifications are Changing Students’ Brains
    We are draining our brains of much needed energy and attention, thanks to social media and the way new communication technologies work.
    Tune in to discuss a single act that all families can do to help preserve parents’ and students’ ability take control of their attention, have more energy, and likely be happier too.
    Gretchen shares some scary brain facts from this article about how notifications are changing our brains. She then suggests that families work together to ban all notifications from computers and phones, except for notifications related to the calendar and reminders.
    Is your family up to this task? It’ll pack a huge payoff if you are game to try.
    25 min
  • 179: Success in Admission Starts with the Right List of Schools
    Most admission disappointment start now, with families who don’t take time to create the right college list.
    Listen in as Megan walks you through the 6 kinds of schools you should definitely apply to, to make sure that you get into a college that is right for you. She shares:

    * The top mistakes families make when compiling their own college list.
    * The six kinds of schools that should be on your list including: 1. the most affordable option, 2. the assured admission option, 3. good match schools, 4. the highly competitive option, 5. scholarship potential, and 6. and in-state option.
    * What order you should apply to those schools so that you don’t burn out.

    Megan also shared a resource for how to google a school to find out if it’s an “assured admission” or “highly competitive” option.
    33 min
  • 178: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships
    The PSAT is practice for 95% of test takers.
    But for the other 5% it is an important test that qualifies students for the National Merit Scholarship competition.
    Learn more during this episode about how to tackle the PSAT, whether you’re in the 95% or the 5%. Specifically, we will cover:

    * What is the PSAT and how does it compare to the SAT?
    * What type of recognition is available for students who score well on the PSAT?
    * Who is eligible to take the PSAT, and to be in the running for National Merit Scholarships?
    * What scores to students need to be considered for the Scholarships
    * What do students win if they get a National Merit Scholarship?

    27 min
  • 177: 7 Tips for For Taking Your First Test This Semester
    The first tests of the school year are happening now for many students!
    Check out these 7 tips for how to get prepped to take your first assessments:
    1. Understand the study cycle. We explain it in this episode, or you might like to watch this video.
    2. Find small ways to test your retrieval on a regular basis, using assignments that your teachers are already giving you, so you don’t have to do anything extra.
    3. Make sure you have the right supplies to help yourself encode in a new way.
    4. Make your study plan at least 3 days out (but preferably more!).
    5. Plans are meant to be made, not necessarily to be followed exactly. Stay on track; don’t throw out the whole plan just because you didn’t follow the first few parts of it exactly.
    6. Study a bit more than you think you need — things get harder each year, and so you need to plan to “step it up” compared to the ways you studied last year.
    7. After you get your grade, take a look at the test to understand a) the ways you studied well and b) the tasks you could have spent  more time on, so that you can study more effectively next time.
    23 min
  • 176: Beginning of the School Year Challenges
    There is so much stress at the beginning of the school year!
    In this episode Megan and Gretchen normalize how hard the transition from summer to academic life is for educators, families, and students.
    Tune is as they discuss:

    * Some rarely talked about realities about how and why many folks suffer at the start of the school year
    * The contrast between the “rah-rah” of new beginnings contrasted with the truth that many folks have very real struggles that impact their ability to transition well (including psychological diagnoses, learning differences, and more)
    * The prevalence of anxiety as a motivator for doing well in school
    * The importance of self-care and compassion during transitions

    22 min

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Better grades with less stress on your path to the perfect college. Join Megan Dorsey and Erin Tempest as they discuss strategies for SAT/ACT prep, academic planning, study skills, finding the right…

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