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Parents: Is Your Teen College Ready? Shellee Howard
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Your teen is in middle school or high school, and college is on the horizon! Do you know where to begin? It can be overwhelming! Which college will be a good fit? Can you afford it? What is my teen passionate about? This can be an exciting time, but a stressful one! College admission is at an all time high in both competitiveness and cost. How do you navigate this? Your host Shellee Howard with College Ready has helped countless families in the college admissions process while saving them thousands of dollars in tuition! In her podcast, she sits down with new and past clients to share their experiences with College Ready, along with financial advisors and other experts who understand the importance of financial awareness when it comes to graduating from college debt free. This year's College Ready seniors earned over 17 million dollars in scholarships and grants! The information you hear on this show is priceless, you really can’t afford to not tune in!
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Brett Fuller- Academic Research for College Success
Shellee and Brett discuss:
- Anyone can consider academic research if they are excited about learning a certain topic
- Participating in Academic Research can help you get into college
- Academic Research can be a great way to figure out if you will actually enjoy your college major/career path -
Jeff Heggie- Mindset for Successful Students
Shellee and Jeff discuss:
- Athletes who have developed their mental game are better performers
- Confidence is a skill that helps you grow as a person
- Your mindset determines how you handle life and school -
Dr. Tyler Tarver- How to Use Free Resources for College Success
In this episode, Dr. Tarver and Shellee discuss:
- Ways to help students and teachers with free resources.
- Understanding your kids so you can help them
- Helping students with navigating social media
- The influence of AI on education
- College applications -
Gila Kurtz- Empower our Future Leaders
In this episode, Gila and Shellee discuss:
- Reigniting teenagers confidence is so important for their success
- Gila's company the BOLO Project helps teens with core principals and mindset to help with challenges
- Importance of financial literacy for teenagers
- Helping students prepare for college by learning these critical skills
About Gila:
Gila is an entreprenuer, author, speaker and dog trainer who is passionate about empowering people to unleash their potential, lead with impact, and master their mindset.
Connect with Gila:
Website: TheBoloProject.org
Email: gila@dogisgood.com
Facebook: facebook.com/dogisgood
Connect with Shellee:
Website: https://collegereadyplan.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_WodPHDfSWEbiPdsRDbyQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gocollegeready
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collegereadyplan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollegeReadyPlan/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/college-ready/
Email: shellee@collegereadyplan.com -
Robert Malkin- Academic Research for Student Success
In this episode, Dr. Malkin and Shellee discuss:
- Is academic reasearch something you should consider?
- Reasons to explore research projects
- Dr. Malkin offers a program to help students begin their academic research- "'let's figure out a scientific question you would like to pursue" -
Raising Teens with Confidence for College Success- Podcast with Ruth Klein
Ruth Klein is an author and founder of the nonprofit Universal Mom, which works to help children and teens uncover their talents through the art of writing. With her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology
and a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis on Health, Consciousness, &
Healing, Ruth is passionate about helping youth reach their full potential by believing in themselves.
Ruth and Shellee discuss:
- The best gift we can give our children is mindset awareness is personal development is self leadership because our children and our teens watch us like a hawk even when we don't think they're
watching us
- Quality time with your kids is important when it comes to them opening up with you and discussing what is on their mind. Offer 20 minutes to do something that they enjoy with them and they are more likely to open up to you.
- Ruth's non profit Universal Mom helps dozens of families
Customer Reviews
Amazing show!
I am so glad I came across this show! I’ve taken so many actionable and practical nuggets of advice to implement. Love tuning in!
Real Student experience
It's so great to hear from students who have worked with College Ready; High schoolers have a whole world of interests and talents, and it's wonderful that a company like this can help guide them on this path to the right schools.
Great job…this is a must listen
Listening to just the first few episodes it is easy to hear that the host Shellee Howard knows here business. This is a great podcast if you are in the market now or soon to be in the market for deciding where your kid is going to go to college. Lots of details so get ready to take notes and learn a lot about the college ready process. Well done Shellee and guest! Doug Sandler