‘Tis the season for organizing your underwear drawer.
Back to school means fresh fall jeans and a chance to start over in more ways than one. Slip these handy academic and organizational apps into your back pocket and put your best boot forward.
Tag: education
Don’t Lag Behind: 5 Ways to Start The School Year Strong
School kicks off in early September for most, for others it may already be a grueling reality. Whether you are already trudging through the halls or enjoying your last few mornings of MTV, here are a few tips for starting the school year off right.
1. Start waking up a little bit earlier each day. It’s harder to make yourself go to bed earlier than it is to wake up earlier (even if it doesn’t feel that way!) Avoid ‘back-to-school jet lag.’ Jet lag doesn’t only happen when you return home from a European vacation; starting a new routine (like cruising into first period by 7:45 am) can take a big toll on your first weeks back at school, which can have a significant impact on your grades for the year. Try adjusting your sleep patterns for a few days in order to prepare for your upcoming schedule.
Role Call: A #WomanCrushWednesday Recap
Real Women Who Inspire.
In honor of our tenth ‘Role Call‘ interview, a blog section featuring professional young women occupying diverse careers (and their advice to teens!), here is your chance to take a look back at the growing list of career role models who made the cut – and importantly, a recap of the life advice they wish they had received in high school.
Looking back, what general life advice would you give to your former high-school self?
Academia: “Chill out. I went to a super high stress high school, where I often joke everyone had to be the “Best ____” and that blank could be filled a million ways, English student, squash player, troublemaker, whatever (I was none of those). I think the times that I have struggled in my life are when some things were going awry, but I didn’t want anyone to know, so I refused to reach out for help. I’m still not great at that, and I think learning how to ask for help is a behavior/habit that we should develop earlier in our lives. Asking for help doesn’t mean that you are weak or dumb or less than, it just means you are strong and you want to improve.”
-Bernadette Doykos, Research Associate
Love Letters: Freshman Blues, Red Leather Pants, and Do-Overs
‘Love Letters’ is a Petal + Sass blog feature that regularly asks a group of diverse women in their 20’s and 30’s about their experiences with health, sex, emotional wellness, body image, college, careers – and what they wish they had known themselves as teenagers. Visit the ‘Love Letters’ To My Former Self page to learn more about the contributors.
Question posed: What was freshman year of college really like for you? What were your expectations versus the reality? Do you have any regrets, and what would you do differently looking back?
Role Call: Real Women In Publishing
Christine is an Author Relations Manager in Toronto, Canada.
Role Call is a Petal + Sass blog section featuring interviews with professional young women occupying diverse careers- and their advice to teens.
Name: Christine Munroe
Age: 30
College & major: McGill University (Montreal), English Literature (Minor in Sociology)
Graduate school & concentration: McGill University again, MA in English Literature
NYU School of Professional Studies, courses in Publishing and Creative Writing
Role Call: Real Women in Writing
Sara is an English teacher in Connecticut.
Role Call is a Petal + Sass blog section featuring interviews with professional young women occupying diverse careers- and their advice to teens.
Name: Sara Erdmann
Age: 32
College & major: Hamilton College ’05, Creative Writing major, French minor
Graduate school & concentration: University of New Hampshire, MFA in Writing
Binghamton University, PhD in Literature and Creative Writing
What to Wear: The College Interview Wardrobe
Incorporate elements of your style as a talking point
If you’re interviewing for college this year, you may be wondering how to dress for something that isn’t exactly a job interview but is still pretty critical to your future. But do clothes really ‘make the [wo]man’?
It’s College Interview Season: What’s Next?
College tours and interviews typically begin over the summer months and into the fall of your senior year. Many colleges require the interview as part of the application and admission process, particularly at liberal arts colleges or Ivy League schools. For many students, the college interview is the most intimidating part of the process. But should it be?
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