"Prep Talk" with CollegePrepExpress

Parents! Is your high schooler going to college? Is this the first time since your own college days that you've dealt with the admissions process? Do you have so many questions you don't know where to start?

Do you you really want to help your kid but you're just not sure how? 

Join Dr. Yo, J.D. Rothman (aka, the Neurotic Parent), and a panel of three "first time" parents as they help you make sense of the four-year labyrinth of unnerving demands placed on your teen(s) known as the college admissions process. 

Topics include:
what mom and dad need to know to best help their kid(s)organizing their child's college admissions calendarthe most important admissions criteriawhich tests to take and whenputting together a reasonable list of collegesapplications and recommendationscollege visitsthe convoluted early decision optionsstories that will make you laugh and cry at the same time
As always, we invite listeners to phone in with their questions and concerns, join the chat room, tweet to #preptalk, or post them here in advance.

For more parent and teen tips, tricks, and strategies for playing the college admissions game, join Dr. Yo on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7:00-8:30PM ET, at William Hall High School in West Hartford: “College Admissions Secrets for Parents and Teens,” Tickets

How frustrated have yo been trying to exercise patience while working with the NEW CommonApp? Are you ready to scream? Throw your computer out the window? Relax, Dr. Yo and his team of teen experts from Kingswood Oxford School and Conard High School and an experienced mom, Kate Cryan, will pass along tips and tricks to taming this beast and to answering as many questions as they can in 30 minutes on the air. Ok, and we might just bellyache a bit. Topics include:
Horror stories from trenches Overview of how best to complete your CommonApp Where the glitches and snafus have been popping up How to copy and paste your writing into the text boxes in 57 easy steps (kidding) Resources to help you finish as quickly and sanely as possible
Tune in live to join the conversation and/or ask questions. Or email your horror stories, success stories, best tips, and/or questions in advance [email protected]. We'll share as many as we can live on the air.

The first two years of high school are both exciting and more important in the college admissions game than most people think. Join Dr. Yo and his panel of teen experts, including Zach Mendelovici (KO '15), Amanda Youmans (Hall '16), and Sophie Gibson (Hall '16), as they share their experience and wisodm of living through 9th and 10th grades. Topics include:
Grades, courses, and academic positioning for college in early high school Getting involved in school: Sports and Extracurriculars Getting involved out of school: Community Service Standardizing testing in early high school (yup, and it's not as bad as you think) What to expect as the years unfold
As always we invite YOU to join tthe conversation with questions and comments via phone, Twitter (#PrepTalk), and the BlogTalk Radio chatroom. Tune in live with your friends or listen on iTunes immediate following (http://bit.ly/S5gKCo)
 

 
Junior year is a notoriously dreaded year of high school. But forewarned is forearmed! Join Dr. Yo and his panel of TEEN EXPERTS, all successful rising seniors with fresh firsthand experience of the dreaded junior year, including Lauren Belizzi (Northwest Catholic ’14), Justin Kilian (Hall ’14), Jake Leshem (KO ’14), and Simon Bellemare (Choate ’14). We'll be having a conversation about what rising juniors should be thinking about as they gear up for their penultimate year in HS. Topics include:
·      Classes & grades
·      Extracurrics & Community Service
·      Sports 
·      Standardized testing - Blech
·      SATs, ACTs, and Subject Tests: Which and When?
·      Leadership
·      Visiting colleges
·      What to expect as the year unfolds
And, of course, we'll be taking LIVE CALLS and TWEETS and manning the CHAT ROOM for YOUR questions and comments!

 
Rising seniors have a lot on their minds in August! Join Dr. Yo and his panel of TEEN EXPERTS who’ve just finished their senior year, including Andreea Dinicu (GHS ’13), Charlie Fisher (Conard ’13), Brooke Hayes (KO ’13), and Russell Weeks (GHAMAS ’13). We'll be having a conversation about what rising seniors should be thinking about as they gear up for their last year in HS.
 
Topics include:
ClassesExtracurrics & Community ServiceSportsLeadershipVisiting collegesApplicationsInterviewsBeing a senior on campusSENIOR SLIDE!
 

And, of course, we'll be taking LIVE CALLS and TWEETS and manning the CHAT ROOM for YOUR questions and comm