The short answer is yes . Today explores 5 reasons why 4-year and 2-year degrees are needed to succeed in the 21st century. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Make it as affordable as possible. Start saving early. Learn about borrowing options early. To hear one couple’s story, check our archive at Ready for College? June 1, 2015 Earning power of a degree. A graduate will earn twice as much in a lifetime as someone with no degree. You can minimize your debt! Most large colle...
Jan 25, 2016•32 min
For years, Dr. Bob has spoken at Freshmen Orientation Programs and talked to parents during Admissions Programs. And on these occasions, parents have lots of questions. College is, after all, a big expense, plus parents want to be clear about the ins and outs of college. Today, he chooses from his list of most-often asked questions. Here are just a few: Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS What if students have not decided on a major? What should he/she do? Can a student take ...
Jan 18, 2016•53 min
Encore: Whenever students start a new semester, they have to get off on the right foot. Dr. Bob coaches students on what to do before school starts as well as what to do in the first two weeks. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS At the start of a new semester, students often aren’t really paying attention. These kinds of starts create problems. College starts rolling on DAY ONE. No reviews, a fast start. Don’t trip over your laces. You might fall on your face. An entire chap...
Jan 11, 2016•30 min
Encore: When kids are in middle school, parents should be transitioning from telling students what to do to helping students figure out options and make good decisions on their own. Today’s program will show parents what it takes and how to make it work. It’s a very important turning point in their child’s life. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS In the early years of childhood, parents “tell” their children how to act and how to behave. Plus, parents do lots of things “for”...
Jan 04, 2016•31 min
When we talk about poor graduation rates or extra years spent in college, many parents will say, “Well he’s not talking about my kid. My kid always gets A’s and B’s. My child is smart, perhaps even gifted.” Students need more. Listen in and discover the traits needed for success in college. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Today, we introduce you to Eric. Despite his brilliance — Eric got a perfect score on the ACT — he has great regrets about his education. In hindsight, ...
Dec 28, 2015•28 min
There’s an alphabet soup of them. PSAT, PLAN, ACT, SAT, AP, DAT, LSAT, MCAT, and the list goes on. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS All those little white circles just waiting to be filled in. Are they nerve-wracking? That depends on how ready your child is for them. They aren’t like eye charts. You don’t just “read” them and hope for the best. The answer to the question, “Should students prepare for standardized tests?” A resounding, “YES!” They are the gateways to every ...
Dec 21, 2015•30 min
While you may not have thought of a College Smart book as a holiday gift, the 12 College Smart Strategies offer a Formula For Success that can alter a young person’s life. He or she could be among the only 1 of 3 college students who get their degree on time and are ready to enter a career. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS As advertisers would say, It’s the gift that keeps on giving…. Research shows that students who do well in college live happier lives. How’s that for gi...
Dec 14, 2015•34 min
Stress. Nerves. Worry. Jitters. Panic. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Welcome to the weeks between Thanksgiving and the end of the semester. Suddenly, students realize that they are facing final exams, end of semester papers, projects, and assignments. They also still have to keep up with their daily readings. Everything’s happening at once. There’s not enough time. How are they going to do it? All freshmen suffer some kind of anxiety from mild to major. Here are 7 tips ...
Dec 07, 2015•30 min
This week, Grace and Molly, two second-semester juniors from our local high school, share their views— Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS What they feel that they’ve gotten out of high school so far that will benefit them in college. How they believe right now about college What they think college is going to be like Visiting colleges and how they judged each Do they feel prepared? Do they know what they’ll do after college? How they think they might change as a result of go...
Nov 30, 2015•42 min
Today Dr. Bob answers three questions on his Most Frequently Asked List. They are topics that students should be discussing with their parents before the student ever leaves for college. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS How to find a major? choose a career? When to start? how to go about it? Ideally, parents and students should start thinking about this in high school. If they haven’t, they certainly should use the summer before freshman year to explore these topics. True,...
Nov 23, 2015•26 min
It can be a maze. How does financial aid work? What needs to be paid back? What kinds of financial “gifts” are there? What are they based on? Who is eligible? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS When should parents start familiarizing themselves? How do they do it? Who do they talk to? This week, our guest expert gives you straight talk about the options of financing an education. Her advice? Start learning earlier rather than later. The more you know, the more prepared you a...
Nov 16, 2015•38 min
College applications consist of two parts: Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS the measurable side of the a application: grades and standardized test scores the personal side of the application: what kind of person is this student?. This second side of the application goes to the fact that colleges want to admit students who will make their campus a better, livelier place, more conducive to learning. They want students who are interesting, curious, with strong characters and ...
Nov 09, 2015•26 min
Ask your children if they know how to learn. Mostly likely, they’ll look at you like you had just asked a really dumb question. Their answer would be, “Of course I do. I’ve been learning since kindergarten.” Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Hmmmm…Now ask them HOW they learn. They may say they do their homework; go to class; study for tests. Is that a good answer? Listen to our program. You be the judge. It’s the answer that explains — why only 1 out of 3 college students g...
Oct 26, 2015•21 min
AN ENCORE! It’s that time of year. Dr. Bob wants to remind you his books can help parents and students with all these events above. In this program. Don’t miss the special offer below! Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS College Smart® middle school through college Give your student a college success formula. If you’ve been listening to our programs, you know that the majority of today’s college students aren’t doing well, don’t know what’s wrong, or how to fix it. This inclu...
Oct 19, 2015•34 min
The short answer is yes . Today explores 5 reasons why 4-year and 2-year degrees are needed to succeed in the 21st century. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Make it as affordable as possible. Start saving early. Learn about borrowing options early. To hear one couple’s story, check our archive at Ready for College? June 1, 2015 Earning power of a degree. A graduate will earn twice as much in a lifetime as someone with no degree. You can minimize your debt! Most large colle...
Oct 12, 2015•32 min
Dr. Bob reveals 4 ways to be get off to a great start on Day One of the first semester: Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Be mentally ready. How to avoid the slow start associated with the problem of the Summer Slide. Learn about summer slide and how it trips up students. What you can do to keep those mental muscles in shape and flexible to meet this new challenge. Plus, what you should tell your parents. Important matters learn about your new roommate — how to pave the way...
Oct 05, 2015•31 min
Today’s guest, Deb, has worked in university admissions for 30 years. Recently retired, she talks about the services, events, and programs that admissions offices and counselors can provide. She also talks about why parents would be smart to take advantage of them. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Discover questions you should ask about both academic and non-academic issues. Families should measure colleges from many angles. There’s a lot to think about as families size up...
Sep 28, 2015•31 min
It’s called a “gap year.” Not all students move immediately from high school to college. A few choose to take a break to add to or enrich their personal experiences before starting college. They report that this year off is a wonderful way to “grow up” and get used to being “on their own.” Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Today’s guest, Laura, traveled to Germany. Her family was Latvian, and her grandparents funded her trip to a German boarding school. Germany requires a 1...
Sep 21, 2015•28 min
It’s a kind of attitude, a lifestyle — a way that students have of handling themselves and their days. Whatever their level of education, students need a new kind of awareness of themselves as students . They need to look at school in new ways. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Can your student be College Smart? Absolutely!!! Do students know how to do it on their own? Afraid not. That’s where the books come in. The College Smart books walk you through it: Strategy after St...
Sep 14, 2015•32 min
Listen to a national expert. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Recent studies find 80+% of college students report anxiety and depression. It’s in the news. It’s being called everything from an Epidemic of Anguish to a Mental Health Crisis . Here are some facts from the National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1 of 3 students report prolonged bouts of depression. 50% claim “below average” or “poor” mental health. 1 in 4 say they have had suicidal thoughts or feelings 1 in 7 adm...
Sep 14, 2015•33 min
Vital for ALL Students. The 9 must-do’s take up an entire chapter in College Smart. Think of the new semester as an athletic event. These are 9 “plays” you use to win. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Before you enter a basketball game, you get pumped-up, you listen to the coach, you go over the plays — and make sure your shoes are tied! Today, Dr. Bob coaches you about why you need opening game plays each time you start a semester. Follow them this year and have the best ...
Sep 07, 2015•30 min
What sparked today’s program was a comment from one of our listeners, who heard a college freshmen bragging about not needing to spend any more than an hour a night studying. His friend added with certainty: “ Everybody knows that college doesn’t really get hard until junior and senior year. ” She was in high school. That’s the kind of thinking that spawns the numbers below. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Only 1 in 3 college students graduates on-time 40% still haven’t g...
Aug 31, 2015•35 min
Only two weeks before college starts. Today’s guest, Kyle, represents tens of thousands of new freshmen wondering what lies ahead. A time for jitters and excitement! Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Kyle is excited. He’s comfortable about going into engineering because he likes math and science. He has far fewer jitters than students who step on campus without a direction. Also his dad is an engineer. He’s jittery about starting something big and new on his own . He still ...
Aug 24, 2015•33 min
It’s a kind of attitude, a lifestyle — a way that students have of handling themselves and their days. Whatever their level of education, students need a new kind of awareness of themselves as students . They need to look at school in new ways. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Can your student be College Smart? Absolutely!!! Do students know how to do it on their own? Afraid not. That’s where the books come in. The College Smart books walk you through it: Strategy after St...
Aug 17, 2015•32 min
Every week on Ready for College we talk about what is really essential for college prep. While our overall message is positive, the astounding truth is that almost 90% of kids do not have what it takes when they arrive on college campuses — this is a recipe for disaster! We can help you greatly change the odds — for your students — and it’s why we are hosting this program – and why we’ve written our College Smart Books. One more time ~ Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Our ...
Aug 10, 2015•31 min
College Smart® Ready for College? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Our Books are now available! In this program, Dr. Bob announces the release of his three books. This program introduces you to them. Don’t miss the introductory offer below! College Smart® Give your student a college success formula by becoming College Smart. If you’ve been listening to our programs, you know that the majority of today’s college students aren’t doing well, don’t know what’s wrong, or how to...
Aug 03, 2015•34 min
In high school, Tommy was a good student with a 3.6 grade point average. He had taken difficult courses, and he looked forward to going to college. He began his courses: business as usual. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS But soon he noticed that his grades on a few assignments weren’t as high as he expected. Then one of his profs took him aside and talked to him about slipping work. Another thing: Tommy’s test scores weren’t what he was used to. He began to study more, bu...
Jul 27, 2015•33 min
Listen to Kensey and Taylor. These young women have different financial circumstances. They’re thinking about different schools. One will live at home to save money and has chosen her school. One will leave home, but hasn’t yet decided among a handful of possible schools. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Both talk about their career directions. They’ve done a lot of thinking about what they’d like to do after college. You’ll hear their reasons and who they’ve talked to. Bu...
Jul 20, 2015•31 min
Incoming freshmen arrive on their new campus with a certain amount of anxiety along with their excitement. It happens even if that campus is near home. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Arriving on campus is like setting foot in a foreign country. You can help your children reduce their jitters. (They’re there, even you child doesn’t talk about them.) How? A few weeks ago, one of our podcasts talked about the changing role of parents: from hand-holder to advisor/mentor duri...
Jul 06, 2015•34 min
Meet Jess. She just finished her first year at a large university. She wanted a large university, and she loves it. She also talks about what she’s learned in the life of a freshman. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Android RSS Adapting to the new routine Signing up for courses and going through orientation Her stressful first semester and how it shaped her second semester. Ways she found friends —very different friends from high school. Using the daily planner given to her at orienta...
Jun 29, 2015•33 min
