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Essays are an important component of college applications, but most people– students, parent, and even educators– have little idea what a winning essay looks like or how to write one.

Listen as we help you get started and share advice from some colleges.

Also, check out these resources that we highlighted on the episode:

* Megan’s online course all about how to write an admissions essay

* Examples of essays that worked 

* Tips from an admissions office

Essays are an important component of college applications, but most people– students, parent, and even educators– have little idea what a winning essay looks like or how to write one.

Listen as we help you get started and share advice from some colleges.

Also, check out these resources that we highlighted on the episode:

* Megan’s online course all about how to write an admissions essay

* Examples of essays that worked 

* Tips from an admissions office

If there’s one study tip Gretchen could infuse into the minds of every student and educator on the planet, it’s The Study Cycle.

Tune in for Part 1 of the Anti-Boring Summer Series, where she walks you through a simple model for how to study in a brain-friendly way.

Are you curious about:

* More tools to fill your study toolbox? Check out the Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying.

* Gretchen’s training for educators? Check out The Art of Inspiring Students to Study Strategically?

* Summer coaching? Check out these certified Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.

If there’s one study tip Gretchen could infuse into the minds of every student and educator on the planet, it’s The Study Cycle.

Tune in for Part 1 of the Anti-Boring Summer Series, where she walks you through a simple model for how to study in a brain-friendly way.

Are you curious about:

* More tools to fill your study toolbox? Check out the Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying.

* Gretchen’s training for educators? Check out The Art of Inspiring Students to Study Strategically?

* Summer coaching? Check out these certified Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.

As a parent, teacher, mentor there are so many things we need to keep up with as we guide students.

One new development at schools in the last year is the rise of vaping amongst teens. Is your student affected by this new trend in tobacco and marijuana consumption?

In this episode Megan and Gretchen discuss:

*  what vaping is and why it seems to be on the rise

* how students tend to use it at schools, and how other students are affected even if they don’t vape themselves

* how parents and teachers might inform themselves about the types of vaping devices that are used by students,

* And more!

As a parent, teacher, mentor there are so many things we need to keep up with as we guide students.

One new development at schools in the last year is the rise of vaping amongst teens. Is your student affected by this new trend in tobacco and marijuana consumption?

In this episode Megan and Gretchen discuss:

*  what vaping is and why it seems to be on the rise

* how students tend to use it at schools, and how other students are affected even if they don’t vape themselves

* how parents and teachers might inform themselves about the types of vaping devices that are used by students,

* And more!

Too many students judge themselves as “stupid” because learning new things feels hard. Understanding this one brain fact goes a long way to helping students feel better about themselves as learners.

Tune in as Gretchen explains:

* What a neuron is and how a neural pathway is created in the brain,

* Why it’s totally normal if learning feels hard,

* How to stick with a hard task for long enough so that it feels easier,

* And more!

If you’d like to learn more tools and tricks to make learning easier, check out the  Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying online course; you might also like to book a few sessions with any of these certified Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.

Too many students judge themselves as “stupid” because learning new things feels hard. Understanding this one brain fact goes a long way to helping students feel better about themselves as learners.

Tune in as Gretchen explains:

* What a neuron is and how a neural pathway is created in the brain,

* Why it’s totally normal if learning feels hard,

* How to stick with a hard task for long enough so that it feels easier,

* And more!

If you’d like to learn more tools and tricks to make learning easier, check out the  Anti-Boring Approach to Powerful Studying online course; you might also like to book a few sessions with any of these certified Anti-Boring Approach Coaches.