The College Prep Podcast

A parent asks – which should my student take? AP Calculus or AP Statistics? What do colleges like to see? Will my math choice be the deciding factor even if I am not a math major? How are the math ... Read More » The post 495: Stats Versus Calc: A Showdown appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

It’s time to visit colleges! What should you do? How will you remember one college from the next? How do you use the visit to tailor your application? And Erin provides her list of questions for ask current students. Happy ... Read More » The post 494: How to Do College Visits The Right Way appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

A parent, Lisa, writes in about her daughter who has anxiety. Is it alright to skip the math, science, and foreign language senior year? What do colleges want to see? How do I keep my kid competitive and healthy? The post 493: Listener E-mail: Senior Year Schedule for a Student with Anxiety appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Megan wished everyone knew these things about the SAT/ACT! We also get an idea about some of the upcoming changes to the digital PSAT and the SAT they are rolling out. What you need to know to give yourself the ... Read More » The post 492: Update to the SAT & ACT and “never ever” advice from Megan appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Erin is working with students on the college admission process and she has some questions for Megan about helping with college essays. How much should we help? What if we don’t like the essay? How do we handle the battle ... Read More » The post 491: Erin’s Essay Questions: How to Help Students Write an Awesome One appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Listener emails!! Today we return from summer with a couple email from you! The post 490: We Get to Hear From You: Course Selection & Sport Questions appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Ready for back to school? School supply shopping! It is Erin’s favorite thing to do all year and, like most thing, she has some strong opinions on this subject. She even keeps a page about school supplies on her website ... Read More » The post 489: Erin’s School Supply Smackdown appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: expected major. Some applications ask you to declare an expected major-how are you supposed to know this? What ... Read More » The post 488: College Applications Series: Expected Major appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills to succeed in college. Today’s focus is on what teachers and professors wish you knew. What do teachers ... Read More » The post 487: Things Teachers/Professors Wish You Knew appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: activities. What constitutes a good activity list? What if I have a bunch of activities–which should I list? ... Read More » The post 486: College Applications Series: Activities appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills so they can live independently. Today’s focus is on cleaning. Now that we have covered decluttering (episode 481) ... Read More » The post 485: Adulting 101 Series: Cleaning/Tidying appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: testing. This used to be a very factual and straightforward part of college applications, but with the growing ... Read More » The post 484: College Applications Series: Testing appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills so they can live independently. Today’s focus is on organization. Moving from decluttering (episode 481) to organization, Erin ... Read More » The post 483: Adulting 101 Series: Organization appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: honors. If you don’t brag about yourself, no one will. Megan goes through the different ways to fill ... Read More » The post 482: College Applications Series: Honors appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills so they can live independently. Today’s focus is on decluttering. Did you know that decluttering, organizing, and cleaning ... Read More » The post 481: Adulting 101 Series: Decluttering Your Bedroom appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: the education section. The education section of college applications is very factual, but there are a few places ... Read More » The post 480: College Applications Series: Education appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Erin’s series highlighting the ways in which students can learn key skills so they can live independently. Today’s focus is on self-care. Adulting is something all students need to be ... Read More » The post 479: Adulting 101 Series: Self-Care appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

We are continuing with our shorter summer episodes and with Megan’s series highlighting the components of the typical college application. Today’s topic: family information. Why do colleges ask for household information and a list of all siblings? Why do they ... Read More » The post 478: College Applications Series: Family Information appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Erin explores how we set habits, tweak habits, and when it is a good idea to sustain a habit. Here are some resources mentioned: The post 477: Habit Loop appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

Megan & Erin are featuring shorter episodes for the summer. This summer Megan is working on a series featuring all parts of a typical college application. Today’s episode kicks off with personal and demographic information. For most applicants, this will ... Read More » The post 476: College Applications Series: Personal & Demographic Information appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.