PrepWell Podcast with Phil Black

In this week's podcast, I cover the 7 hottest trends in college admissions:

Listen to this week's episode to make sure you are up-to-speed on what's trending.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Phil Black⁠⁠⁠⁠, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠PrepWell Academy⁠⁠⁠⁠, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include ⁠⁠⁠⁠military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I discuss one of the most important study habits that your child can acquire during high school:

If you're child wants to avoid doing homework until 11pm, midnight, and beyond -- they must learn to take quality notes during class.

This episode makes a strong case for why this is important and how to get started.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, ⁠⁠⁠Phil Black⁠⁠⁠, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside ⁠⁠⁠PrepWell Academy⁠⁠⁠, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include ⁠⁠⁠military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I discuss the two ways that teenage athletes deal with injuries.

If your child is an athlete, especially an athlete hoping to use sports to get into college, please listen to this episode. 

An injury at the wrong time and place can end a high-schooler's athletic (and potential college) career if they adopt the wrong mindset.

Show Notes:

In today's episode, I address the issue of underage drinking.

I've been reluctant to speak on this topic publicly because of my controversial stance.

However, after my son's friend almost died in a DUI incident over the Thanksgiving holiday, I decided it was time to let my perspective be heard.

Unlike some other episodes, this might be a good one to listen to with your teenager.

It's a bit longer than usual, but the subject required more time to cover.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, ⁠⁠Phil Black⁠⁠, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside ⁠⁠PrepWell Academy⁠⁠, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include ⁠⁠military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I urge parents to consider political fit when it comes to the colleges on your child's target list.

In particular, I discuss disturbing revelations about the safety of Jewish students on many well-known college campuses across the country.

If your child is Jewish, or if you have friends with Jewish students in the college admissions pipeline - please listen.

If you are not Jewish, but care about the political culture that your child will be exposed to in their most formative years - please listen.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, ⁠Phil Black⁠, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside ⁠PrepWell Academy⁠, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include ⁠military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I question whether or not every student (and parent) should obsess about the Ivy League.

A lot has changed over the last few years, and the juice may not be worth the squeeze. 

Learn what has changed and why it might behoove your child to keep Ivy League schools off their target list of schools.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside PrepWell Academy, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

 In this week's podcast, I compare the college admissions process today versus 20 years ago. A lot has changed.

If your child is not embracing the new paradigm, it will be a rocky road. 

Learn what has changed and what the most successful students are doing to meet the moment.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside PrepWell Academy, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I share a story about one of my most diligent and accomplished PrepWellers (let's call her "Jayda").

Jayda took what she learned from her PrepWell videos (and several Zoom calls) to create what I call a "signature extracurricular activity" or SECA.

A SECA is something that pulls together a variety of different elements of a student's story into one impressive, all-encompassing -- accomplishment, event, or some other capstone-like activity.

This did not happen overnight. It took two years of following the PrepWell principles, taking a leap of faith, and hard work.

Listen to this episode to discover what Jayda did and why your son or daughter might want to follow her lead.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside PrepWell Academy, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I try to answer one of the most common questions I hear from parents - especially about their first-born, highly-competitive, multi-talented daughters:

"She'll get into the Ivies, right?"

Does your daughter check any (or all) of these boxes:

If so, listen to this episode to see where this type of student stacks up in the quest to get into the Ivies.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside PrepWell Academy, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.

In this week's podcast, I urge parents to do whatever they can to help their children become avid readers.

In my opinion, a student's academic upside (e.g. GPA, SAT, AP, college acceptances) is highly correlated to their relationship with reading.

This relationship comes in three stages: 

Stage 1: avid reader

Stage 2: non-reader

Stage 3: anti-reader

My four sons have fallen into all three categories. 

Learn the strategies and tactics I've used to try to keep my sons out of Stage 2 and 3. Some successful, most unsuccessful.

Don't procrastinate in listening to this episode. For many of us, the window of opportunity to influence this relationship is closing quickly.

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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

Inside PrepWell Academy, Black teaches students everything they need to know about the college admissions process in a series of expertly-timed, 3-5-minute, weekly training videos starting in 9th grade and continuing through 12th grade [Note: this program can only be joined in 9th or 10th grade]. My specialties include military service academies, ROTC scholarships, Ivy League, and student-athletes.