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Students and parents often wonder what it takes to be indpendent. What skills will they need in college besides academics? How can they start honing those skills now? Erin and Megan go through their top lists of skills and provide tasks that can help to develop them.

Resource: How to Raise an Adult

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Erin goes on a deep dive about Dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, and the Executive Function while Megan shares questions that parents and students have asked. This episode is a basic primer on Learning Differences and a couple study hacks to help with distraction.

Resource: Understood.org

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A parent writes in and feels overwhelmed with the amount of information coming in about colleges during the application process. How do Megan and Erin keep it all organized? Is there a “best way” to make sure deadlines are compiled and met?

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Erin shares that she is beyond burnt-out and has been doing research on what that’s like and what to do about it.

Whether you are a student, an educator, or a parent, we all suffer from burn-out. Erin gives some tips on how to get to the other side of it.

Harvard Business Review – https://hbr.org/2021/03/how-to-measure-burnout-accurately-and-ethically

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A parent has a number of questions about financial aid–and Erin and Megan have answers! Everything from the timeline, to how to choose which school based on their offer, this episode is a great overview of the financial aid process.

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Megan shares advice from a colleague who tells students, “If you get into all the schools on your college list, you may have avoided challenge.”

Rejection is normal and natural but students have a hard time with it. How do we normalize rejection and minimize pain? Erin shares some tips for getting used to rejection and what to do once it inevitably happens.

One of Erin’s students even shared with her about rejection simulators so you can prepare yourself to see the worst: https://ivyhub.org/rejection-simulators/

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“I’m so behind!” Megan and Erin have been hearing this from parents quite a bit.

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