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Gretchen is taking a couple of classes this semester, and she is fascinated to notice that she’s a bad student!

Or more specifically: She doesn’t follow her own advice about learning.

Tune in to find out why, and what she’s learned about human behavior in the process, including:

• What good academic habits she does have
• What pieces of advice she isn’t following
• The single most important thinking habit students need to be successful in the 21st century
• What she’s learned about students, teachers, and teacher training, as a result.

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Standardized tests have been delayed. Many high schools are replacing final exams with final projects.

Megan and Gretchen check in about the changes they’re seeing in

In the world of college planning and test prep, Megan shares:

• How to handle the delays to the SAT and ACT tests (including an explanation of why you don’t need to study right now)
• What admissions requirements for colleges have changed, and what haven’t
• The importance of knowing individual school requirements, deadlines, and adjusted policies (including the tip: get on college email lists)
• And more!

Gretchen shares:

• How to “make time visible” with an end-of-semester plan, regardless of whether you now have a bunch of projects (more common) or final exams (less common)
• How she and the other Anti-Boring Approach trained coaches have shifted the way they coach (and why it might be even better than what we were doing pre-COVID
• What students are learning about how they prefer to do work (and why this is a good thing)
• And more!

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Introducing the ASVAB, a completely free tool to help students discover their career aptitudes!

Guest expert Kate McLean breaks down why this is such a useful tool, and how families might get access to it.

Specifically, she discusses:

• What the ASVAB is, and the benefits of participating
• Practical details, like when, where and how to take it
• How (not) to prepare for the test
• Why it’s so useful for students, even if they never want a career in the military
• and more!

Kate McLean has worked with the ASVAB Career Exploration Program for 10 years. She currently serves as the communications director for the program managing marketing efforts for the program online, in print, and in person. She is a contributing member of the team responsible for revolutionizing the ASVAB CEP over the last five years. Kate is passionate about empowering young people to maximize their full potential. She has extensive experience in the marketing industry and completed her Master’s in Public Relations at George Washington University.

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College visits can get repetitive and boring, and the “official” tours offered by the school don’t always reveal the hidden details that help you make a decision about which school is best for you.

In this episode from the archives (originally posted in April 2018), let Megan school you on how to take your visits to the next level!

She’ll cover:

1. How early is too early to start taking college visits?
2. How to go beyond the basic two-hour info session, with tips like eating in the actual cafeteria picking up the school newspaper
3. How to use college visits to help make the “short list”

Megan will also share some notes from the road, observations based on the college visits her clients and her daughter have done.

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