Navigating the challenges of college life can feel like a daunting task, especially for students who struggle with executive function skills, learning challenges, ADHD or anxiety. The demands of academic success, stress management, and broader life management often require a delicate balance.…
With the holiday season approaching, we will all be around family, friends, and colleagues a lot more. Without a doubt, the question will be asked, “How is so-and-so child doing at so-and-so College?” Sometimes the answer will be, “Great. They…
Interested in pursuing a pre-health track in college? There are many undergraduate pre-health tracks to choose from depending on your career goals – some you have likely heard of (pre-medicine, pre-dental, pre-nursing) and some that may be new to you…
Here at State Street, we often get asked what is the difference between tutoring and coaching. This is an important question, and it’s one that parents need to understand when seeking out academic support for a college student. First, let’s…
A student’s life will drastically change once they set foot on campus. In this blog, we highlight some of the major areas that change when a student leaves high school and the types of challenges that they can present for…
Things move pretty quickly when a student gets on campus. There’s the first couple days of class where the syllabi are being handed out, and then things are pretty much in full swing. The work begins and students need to…
Procrastination. It’s a word that plagues most of us. This is definitely true for college students. A student who procrastinates on their work will demonstrate a few common behaviors: Not getting started early on assignments Putting off work til the…
Final exams are a massively important part of a college student’s semester grades. This much is obvious. Unfortunately, many college students make the same finals mistakes semester after semester. In order for students to do well, they must avoid these…
Executive functions. It’s a term that gets thrown around all the time. But not everyone knows what they are. I like to quote Joyce Cooper-Khan and Laurie Dietzel who said, “the executive functions are a set of processes that all…
There have been times when I meet with a student’s parents and they tell me that their child is very disorganized. They lose assignments, forget their lunch, forget to bring books home, lose their planner, and can’t keep anything straight.…