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It’s nearly the end of the school year!

Megan and Erin have broken down the things that students and families should do over the summer. Heck, sometimes they even disagree!

Listen to hear their suggestions about summer assignments, housekeeping tasks, exploring interests, and even how civic engagment can even be a family task.

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Megan has noticed that students have gaps in their math knowledge, even when they are getting tutoring.

Erin reflects on her time as a math teacher and provides some tips for numerical literacy and how to avoid simple math mistakes.

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Erin always talks about enjoying rather than managing your child and Megan wants to know how to actually do that! Erin provides strategies for talking to your kids as an anxious problem-solving parent and Megan shares some real-world examples of stepping back in the management of her teenage son.

Resources: How to Raise an Adult Ross Greene Collaborative and Proactive Solutions

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Megan and Erin have college admissions results coming in and they share what they are noticing. What has worked and what hasn’t? What strategies do they have for minimizing unwanted impacts? How has the push for test-optional schools changed the application process? We dig into the admissions results we are seeing and attempt to help clarify what families could do to be most successful in the college-search process.

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Megan tackles some of the honest College Prep answers that families don’t want to hear. Sometimes, tough love is the answer and here are all of the things people ask that Megan winces before answering. Erin asks about whether to send subpar test results to schools. This episode is full of questions that people don’t want to know the answers to. Sorry in advance.

Episode 466: Should We Rate Schools Like Ski Slopes https://collegepreppodcast.com/2023/03/466-should-we-rate-schools-like-ski-slopes/

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Erin wonders why so many students are reluctant to consider single-sex institutions. She shares a little of the background of the Seven Sisters and her experience at a women’s-only college. Megan and Erin try to dispel some myths and compare it to a Greek system. Who is a single-sex institution a good choice for?

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