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Megan & Erin are featuring shorter episodes for the summer. This summer Megan is working on a series featuring all parts of a typical college application. Today’s episode kicks off with personal and demographic information.

For most applicants, this will be easy and straightforward information, but some students may face dilemmas. Megan walks us through the beginning of the Common App (and you can download a copy below) and goes through some of the questions students ask: https://membersupport.commonapp.org/membersupport/s/article/Are-paper-PDF-versions-of-the-application-and-or-recommender-forms-available

Questions typical in this section as for

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Most schools have students choose their classes at the end of year. Megan breaks down the five main mistakes she sees college-bound students making with their courseloads. This is a great episode to listen to before we get started with school in the fall so you can change any course mistakes you might have accidentally made.

Today we discuss

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Erin took a deep dive into the world of checklists.

Human Factors of Fight-Deck Checklists: The Normal Checklist – Degani and Wiener: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910017830

The Checklist Manifesto – Atul Gawande: https://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0312430000 Under Pressure – Gareth Lock: https://www.thehumandiver.com/underpressure

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Students have strong opinions about talking to their teachers. That makes sense since it can be intimidating.

Megan and Erin discuss why you should talk to you teachers, when you should talk to them, and how to do it! And if you have a grumpy teacher, they share tips for preparing for that conversation. Talk to your teachers! Here’s how.

And here’s the book Erin mentions:

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