by Gretchen | Oct 25, 2016 | blog, For Parents, podcast
This week on the College Prep Podcast with Gretchen Wegner and her co-host Megan Dorsey: Should parents take away student’s activities if their academic grades are not up to snuff? Megan and Gretchen weigh in on this important question from a listener, about how to...
by Gretchen | Oct 17, 2016 | Academic Coaching, College Prep, note-taking, podcast, Study Skills
Initiating homework is a hard task for students! Especially students who are challenged with their executive functions (which means: almost all teenagers).Tune into today’s episode to learn about why the Pomodoro technique is such a good antidote to getting work...
by Gretchen | Oct 10, 2016 | College Prep, podcast
Megan is shocked by all the errors she’s seeing on scholarship and college applications! To help you avoid these mistakes, she’s compiled all her advice into this one quick podcast episode. Tune in to discover what these errors are and how to avoid them — so that you...
by Gretchen | Oct 3, 2016 | Organization, podcast, Student Life
Managing time is hard for anyone in this modern world, and teenagers struggle more because their brains are still developing. Gretchen shares one time management trick that she does with all her clients, and it really helps them see time in a new way. Tune in today as...
by Gretchen | Sep 26, 2016 | podcast
We recently got an email from a homeschool parent about how to organize a gigantic project — preparation for the Congressional Award — in a way that doesn’t steamroll her high school’s son ability to learn how to organize himself. Here’s the text of the email we...
by Gretchen | Sep 22, 2016 | blog, podcast, Study Skills
Do you have a good way to organize your your research — both the digital and nondigital variety — as well as other aspects of being a student? Evernote is a surprisingly robust note taking tool, which we learn how to use under the guidance of guest expert Darren...
