Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You
If you’re the parent of a teen, you know first-hand that your teenager isn’t telling you everything...uh, make that...anything about their life. We interview teens (and other non-teen experts on teens) to help you gain valuable insight into your teenager’s world. Because parenting is hard AF. Your hosts, the dynamic duo of Cathy Chen and Meredith Herrera are teen experts (yes, that’s a thing!). We have worked as college admissions officers, prep school administrators, and have coached and mentored thousands of teens in our lifetimes.
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Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
In this episode of Sh*t Your Teenager Won’t Tell You, hosts Cathy and Meredith speak with Yamilet Medina López, Assistant Dean of Admission for Diversity Outreach and External Relations, about the admission process. Yamilet discusses how she helps parents understand the process and how parents can best support their students. She also shares what makes a strong application.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:01] Intro
[01:00] Meet Yamilet
[02:09] What brought her to work in college admission
[06:23] How she helps parents understand the admission process
[11:23] What characterizes a strong application
[17:06] Responding to inequities in the admission process
[21:33] Ways parents can best support students through process
[26:36] College is not for everyone
[35:34] This is a human process
[46:55] Host’s final thoughts
[54:21] Outro
LINKS
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
U.S. News Best Colleges
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History: Project Dillard
Herrera Educational Consulting
Village Coaches
Sh*t Your Teenager Won’t Tell You website
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
In the debut episode of Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You, hosts Cathy and Meredith share what to expect on the podcast, which will discuss all things teen-related and help you become better parents along the way. They explain why they started this resource that pulls back the curtain on what teens are really thinking and why they chose to work with adolescents.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] Intro
[01:17] Why they started this podcast
[02:58] About Herrera Educational Consulting
[06:26] Why you should listen to the podcast
[10:20] Why they chose to work with adolescents
[15:23] Main challenges/issues they see the most often
[23:46] How they and this podcast can help
[27:17] Meredith and Cathy ask each other questions
[32:11] What to expect on the podcast
[33:08] Outro
LINKS
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania by Frank Bruni
Herrera Educational Consulting
Village Coaches
Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You website
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In this episode of Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You, hosts Cathy and Meredith speak with Sophie Taubman, a current freshman at Wesleyan University. Sophie takes you into the mind of a teenager embarking on the college admissions process. She shares what she was feeling through the process and the advice she would give to the senior version of herself. She also shares her advice to parents.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] Intro
[03:58] Meet Sophie
[04:48] Sophie’s thinking for the admission process
[10:04] Advice to the senior version of herself
[15:13] Her thoughts on parents on this process
[31:38] College is an adjustment
[33:18] Hosts’ final thoughts
[37:50] Coming up on future episodes
[39:14] Outro
LINKS
Herrera Educational Consulting
Village Coaches
Sh*t Your Teenager Won’t Tell You website