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Sometimes adults forget that being a student is an emotionally taxing job, and students need reassurance!

On today’s New Year’s episode we discuss the 5 ways that feelings get in the way of student success if they’re not acknowledged.

Each of today’s tips is inspired by a video from Gretchen’s YouTube channel. Tune in to get the low-down on each of these tips, or go directly to the videos that inspired them in the first place:

• What to do when you’re stressing about homework — about the common problem of trying to second guess what the teacher wants, and how this habit causes undue stress
• Beat test anxiety with this 10 minute trick — about the underlying fears that cause you to blank out on tests
• A giant fear that makes students unnecessarily stuck — about students’ fear of talking to teachers
• A destructive myth that makes students miserable — about the stress caused when students think their work is not valuable or respected unless they do it alone
• What every struggling student needs to hear — about a deep seeded fear that they are broken because they struggle

This episode originally aired on January 2, 2017.

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As we celebrate the holidays together, let’s envision what’s possible for schools and schooling!

How can we use some of the changes forced by this global pandemic to create something beautiful and new, and not just “go back to normal”? The following quote by Sonya Renee Taylor has inspired this episode:

Listen in as Gretchen and Megan imagine what might be possible, if schools bravely choose to “not go back to normal”:

• How standardized testing in college admissions might change
• The ways in which meaning, purpose, and mental health might be more deeply infused into schooling and the college admissions process
• Some practical changes to campus visits, counselor presentations, and the Duke TIP program
• How the process of teaching and learning in classrooms might shift
• The ways in which academic habits and skills might take focus over content
• Curricula centered around racial justice
• And much more!

Do you have more to add to the list? If so, please email us at collegepreppodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Who doesn’t want to make college life easier and more affordable?

Today Megan talks with Ayden Berkey of Accessscholarships.com a new site for students to find scholarships and resources that are:

• Personalized to your year, school, area of study, etc.
• User friendly and readable
• Recent (no old, out of date listings here!)
• Student tested (Ayden is a 2020 graduate!)

Ayden shares her tips for transitioning to college and making the sholarship process easier and more successful.

Listen to hear:

• resources for finding relevant scholarships
• who should apply for scholarships
• how to track your progress
• different types of scholarships to consider
• and much more!

As a 2020 college graduate, she also shares some of her tips for academic success and what it was like to graduate during a pandemic.

You can connect with Ayden through her website, AccessScholarships.com, or on Instagram @accessscholarships.

And the printable resource page mentioned in the episode can be found here: https://accessscholarships.com/student-deals-resources/resources

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