Collegehood Advice
Develop the skills, habits, and mindset you need to thrive during college and beyond. Each week, college success coach, Katy Oliveira and her guests share strategies, insights, and tools to help you improve grades, get organized, figure out your major and career, and maximize your investment in college.
Episodes
Are you building a life you actually love? One where you feel comfortable in your own skin, where you like how you spend your time, and you enjoy the people that surround you.
Many of us look to external factors to make us happy (or take the blame if we aren't). And yes...terrible external factors can make being happy or building a life you love more challenging...hello 2020.
But most contentment in life starts with your choices ...
Have you ever thought to yourself…
I’m not a computer person? I’m not into technology? I’m not a coder?…I’m into writing, art, psychology, history….
For some reason we tend to get academically labeled. We’re a liberal arts person, or a math person, or a science person.
The reality is to be successful in today’s ever evolving economy we all need foundational skil...
Do you struggle with comparing yourself to others?
It can be really challenging, but it is absolutely possible to find ways to celebrate the wins of your friends while honoring your own.
One of the top ways to get off the comparison train is to start defining your own success instead of allowing your parents, friends, or society to define it for you.
Success com...
Have you experienced any drama lately?
If you’re human, you’ve experienced drama. Drama is all around us. It’s in the news and in our day-to-day lives, especially in 2020.
Drama can hijack your peace, amplify your stress, and exhaust you. But you don’t have to hold on to drama. You can lower stress and improve your overall quality of life simply by becoming aware of your dr...
It’s probably the understatement of the year to introduce this episode by saying that COVID has disrupted our lives. And you might be wondering how on earth simply living through COVID could possibly prepare you for a successful college and career experience. You may even feel that COVID has ruined your college experience and thwarted your future opportunities.
And that is an understan...
In this episode, educator and founder of Ecreé, Dr. Jamey Heit shares what he’s learned from grading over 30,000 student papers to help you write papers your professors will love.
What you’ll learn:
- What a professor is looking for in a paper.
- How to write a strong introduction and conclusion.
- How to state a position and support it with evidence.
- What it means to analyze informatio...
Is your homework piling up despite feeling like all you do is homework? I feel you.
Feeling behind is the top thing I hear from students. Most of my clients and listeners feel like they are always busy and stressed. The reason…they’re on the homework hamster wheel.
In this episode, I share one simple thing you can do to always stay way ahead of your homework during college.
What you’l...
How can you get through your day as successfully as you possible? By having a good plan.
In a digital world it is very tempting to ditch paper for digital docs, digital to-do lists, phone reminders, and online calendars, but often the simplest solutions are the best ones.
In this episode, educator and academic coach Lesley Martin shares how using paper can help you stay organized and motivated th...
In this episode, writer, consultant and speaker, Victor Brown, shares how to strategically and intentionally use the opportunities college affords you to begin preparing for your career, so you can use the massive investment in a college education to prepare for a career that you can thrive at.
What you’ll learn:
- Why it’s important to start preparing for your career the m...
Are you exhausted after being online all day? Are your eyes dry? Does your head hurt? Are your neck and shoulders killing you? If the answer is yes. You may be experiencing Zoom fatigue. This general exhaustion and discomfort that you’re experiencing after several hours online is real! And there is something you can do about it.
In this episode, Dr. Jill Grimes shares some simple pract...
Every college student, even the ones who made a 1600 on their SAT, even those who seem like they never study, even those in the honors program benefit from academic help at some point during college.
In my 15 years of supporting student through the college experience, it’s become crystal clear that students who regularly use academic support services like academic coaching, tutoring, supplemental instruction...
The most wise, most prepared, and brightest students make mistakes that could be easily avoided simply by adopting a few simple habits and choices. Join college success expert, Katy Oliveira to learn:
- Why it's important to go into the college experience with the right mindset
- Top 4 mistakes college freshman make
- Concrete steps you can take to avoid these mistakes
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Let’s face it college is really expensive, but this doesn’t mean you have to struggle to pay for it.
Your college education is an investment in yourself. And just like any other investments there are strategies that you can implement to make sure you’re investing your money wisely.
In this episode, college success expert Katy Oliveira and Jerome Harper co-author of Don’t Wa...
You know that you should wear a mask, socially distance, and wash your hands, but what else can you do to minimize your risk of catching or spreading COVID? College success expert, Katy Oliveira is joined by Board-Certified Family Physician Dr. Jill Grimes to share simple practices and strategies to help you stay healthy this semester while also allowing you to go to class, spend time with friends, and live your life.
Figuring out what to do about college this fall and beyond is clear as mud for most of us. Even colleges and admissions experts struggle to recommend a one size fits all best practice about going to college this fall leaving college students and their parents feeling at a loss. In this episode, admissions expert Dr. Bari Norman shares valuable advice and information to help you make sense of it all.
What You...
Students with high levels of grit have higher levels of college success. And hope in particular is the number one indicator of college achievement. Join college success expert, Katy Oliveira, and guest Dr. Sarah Porter to learn how you can grow your grit and hope during college and beyond. This episode is great for anyone eager to achieve their goals and reach their potential.
Our fall 2020 season starts August 11th with all new episodes to help you make the most of college no matter what it looks like. We're talking staying healthy on campus, building your grit, defining your own success, paying for college, how professors grade your papers, how to drop your drama and so much more. Subscribe and tune-in every Tuesday wherever you listen to podcasts.
And if you want to get organized, get motivated, and ...
The College Life podcast brings college students information and stories on everything college life. We interview current college students, recent graduates, and people who work at colleges to discuss challenges, successes, and opportunities so you can make the most of your time i...
A Genuine Girl is a podcast that shares a college girl's personal journey to finding herself. Through sharing her stories, host Meredith Mistrot, hopes to be a positive influence for other young women to embody their ge...
Expressing our needs, desires, and boundaries to others can be really uncomfortable, but it is an essential part of creating a well balanced and fulfilling life. In this episode, college success expert, Katy Oliveira chats with guest, Sol Wooten, about the ins and outs of developing the ability to be your own best advocate. Originally aired fall 2019.
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