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How can your student make a difference beyond the resume? 🤔 Start exploring passions early on—volunteering, clubs, and more. Dive into episode #116 for expert advice on making the most of their spare time to benefit them in the admissions process! What is your teen passionate about? Tell us below, and let's brainstorm together for the perfect fit!

Not a great ratio when it comes to your teen’s career decisions… The reality of it is, school counselors are stretched thin. As parents, it is important to be equipped with the tools to navigate college options with your student. This is for you if: 🤕 You’re feeling overwhelmed by your teen’s lack of direction and motivation on the college-bound journey. ⌛ You’re realizing the end of high school is fast approaching and need help navigating the complex world of college major selection. 💰 You are getting ready to spend six figures on college and want to be confident it’s a good investment. Grab your pen, paper, and a cup of coffee - this FREE video is for you. https://buff.ly/43uPBQy

You three were great with taking the pressure off while giving strategic and easily actionable advice for teens applying to college. THANK YOU!

Your Teen's (perfect) College Application Essay Highlights -Your teen is unique and has the opportunity to write about those things that matter to them, even if they have not had a lot of hardship in their life. -If overcoming a hardship or challenge is part of your teen’s identity, it may be the right thing to write about. This will not be the case for every student. -Your student’s essay should be very clear about who they are. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does need to be understandable. -Kids have a lot of great stories, but they want to ensure they tell the right stories that share their strengths and portray them correctly. Not every great story is a great story for what colleges want to know. -The four questions your student should consider are: what motivates you, what are you thinking about, how do you interact with others, and how do you solve problems? -Your student’s essay should be easy to write. Find a topic that is easy for them to write about and if it isn’t easy, it may not be the right topic. https://buff.ly/3YZjf1V

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Raising Resilient Teens Highlights: -Stressors happen to your teen every single day. Helping them through these nuisance stressors will help them build the resilience to handle any stressor. -As a child’s arousal to the stressor increases, the parent tunes in to the child to connect with them in what they need. Over time, your child will learn to manage that stress on their own because they know they are not alone. -Holding healthy boundaries helps your children build resilience. Boundaries can come from a gentle place of care and communication and aren’t harmful. Children need their parents to make the hard decisions and hold those boundaries. -Building resilience in your child begins with you. https://buff.ly/3M5khS9

Performing Arts Majors: Tips for Navigating Admissions Highlights: -BA majors are liberal arts majors that work similarly to any other BA, like history or English, and are great for students who want a traditional college experience. -When students are still deciding which path to take, they should consider their desired college experience. -Many campuses have a student-run theater that your student can get involved with even if they aren’t a theater major. It will require some sleuthing to know what is available at each college or university. -Visiting campus is vitally important for theater majors and performance arts majors. Your student will want to meet the faculty and start building those connections even before they’re on campus as a student. -Musical theater is more competitive and rare as a major than other theater majors. Its admissions rate is about 2%. https://buff.ly/3YMdwMG

👉 You NEED to know this college admission trend. 👈 We are seeing more and more colleges around the country move toward direct admission to majors. This is happening in engineering, architecture, education, and many other programs. What does this mean for your student? The application they are submitting this fall might be their only chance at applying to a particular program. Once they are at college, changing their major during their sophomore or junior year might not be possible. This is why your student must be zeroed in on their future career goals. Want a free resource to help? Check out our resource to learn about the untold truth about college major-specific admissions. Comment or DM the word MAJORS to get the resource.

Transformative Cultural Abroad Experiences for Teen Personal Growth Highlights: -Students are pressured from all directions by family, peers, society, culture, teachers, and more. Many students don’t know that they can go down alternate paths than those they feel prescribed for them. -Struggles will be unique to each student and will look different for each of those students. -Travel can provide your student with a break from the turmoil of everyday life, allowing them to figure out who they are and what matters most to them.-There are more opportunities than people realize, and life is a marathon, not a sprint. Cultural experiences allow students to see some of the opportunities that they may not have known about otherwise.-Being college-capable and being college-ready are two different things. https://buff.ly/4cba7dq

Co-ops are a very valuable part of college, but most don't offer as robust an opportunity as the University of Cincinnati, the founder of Co-Ops. We're Celebrating Hannah Laman's completion of another Co-Op. We've been cheering her on since we worked with her in high school. “My college freshman twins said their intro to co-op class was nothing new because they learned it from Lisa in high school.” Angela Laman