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Back to SearchSHOULD I APPLY EARLY DECISION OR EARLY ACTION?
Season 1 Episode 587
SHOULD I APPLY EARLY DECISION OR EARLY ACTION?
When applying to highly selective schools, every advantage makes a difference. Why, then, would a stud…
2 years, 1 month ago
WHAT DOES THINKING CRITICALLY IN COLLEGE MEAN?
Season 1 Episode 586
The standard high school education covers a broad and deep array of state-mandated subjects but doesn't necessarily cultivate strong critical reasoni…
2 years, 2 months ago
HOW PREPARATION AND MINDFULNESS GO TOGETHER
Season 1 Episode 585
Some people embrace practice and coaching in order to be ready for a certain moment, while others train to be fully present in any moment. When it co…
2 years, 2 months ago
USING THE DESMOS CALCULATOR IN DIGITAL TESTING
Season 1 Episode 584
Powerful graphing calculators can provide potent math problem solving advantages for students that know how to use–and can afford–them. What is the i…
2 years, 2 months ago
THE VALUE OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS
Season 1 Episode 583
When Ralph Waldo Emerson suggested that it's the journey, not the destination, that matters, he may not have had higher education in mind. That said,…
2 years, 2 months ago
THE NEED FOR TESTING SITES IN CALIFORNIA
Season 1 Episode 582
California is the most populous American state with a veritable cornucopia of exceptional and reasonably well-funded high schools. Why, then, do Cali…
2 years, 2 months ago
COLLEGE DOCUMENTATION FOR HOMESCHOOLERS
Season 1 Episode 581
The bespoke nature of homeschooling can be a great advantage for tailoring education to a student's individual needs. However, those differentiated p…
2 years, 3 months ago
THE PARENT TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE
Season 1 Episode 580
We focus so much on our teens getting through high school and into college yet spend little time looking at the space between or how everyone involve…
2 years, 3 months ago
A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO TEST TAKING
Season 1 Episode 579
When the most important exams in our lives tend to be meticulously crafted instruments based research, statistics, and standards, a sloppy and sponta…
2 years, 3 months ago
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRANSFERRING
Season 1 Episode 578
While choosing a college feels like one of the biggest decisions of your life, choosing to leave one may be even more difficult. That said, swapping …
2 years, 3 months ago