As we visit with high school junior Kate Louagie and her Mom, Alyssa, to talk about the opportunities that Kate’s found to explore a future career in photography we get a peek into a real-life student success story. While Mom takes a back seat, Kate explains how she’s using real-world experiences to find clarity on […]
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT…PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa I’ve never really been super interested in writing as a career. I can do it, but it’s not my favorite thing. I always say, just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should do it. And that is when I encouraged her to
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT…PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa It’s probably the most important lesson. The student should be the sender of all emails to colleges, potential employers, those for whom they want to do an internship or just do a job shadow with the student needs to be the sender. The
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Sending emails to strangers or acquaintances can feel risky for teens and young adults who aren’t sure what to say or how to say it. Lisa Marker-Robbins pulls a page out of the Launch College & Career Clarity Course to share with parents how you can support your student as they learn how to communicate
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“Be smarter about slaying the college planning dragon!” is financial planner, Beth Walker’s advice to smart parents who want to preserve their wealth, limit college debt, or both. She joins the podcast to speak about the critical components required to begin college planning to help your student get what they need academically, socially, and emotionally.
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT…PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa Let’s go find those schools. Let’s curate a list of schools that are going to allow me to flourish in the areas that I have interests and aptitudes. And I don’t have to know specifically I’m going to be in this major, but
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT…PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa Hi, Kira, thank you for joining me. I’m so excited to hear about your job, but also your journey to figure out your purpose and your path. I know you, I want to just quick intro. Your south Korean came to the U
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Could you really work at NASA even if you don’t naturally excel at math and science? Kyra Kim joins the College and Career Clarity podcast to tell us how to overcome preconceived limitations. She’s had an interesting journey from taking the LSAT while still in high school in South Korea, to now working as an
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Statistics are driving home the importance of managing your child’s stress at college. Dale Troy joins the College and Career Clarity Podcast to tell parents how they can help their child maneuver through the pressure and stress that can overwhelm them at college. With a 30% dropout rate and less than 60% of students able
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT…PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa They just haven’t had the experience and being fully responsible for themselves. They’d been re to reliant on their parents. And in addition, they haven’t failed before because parents don’t want them to fail. But then when they get to college, they will
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