With teen depression and anxiety exacerbated by the pandemic, more high school students are undergoing treatment for mental illness. Often, mental illness is intensified during major life transitions—such as going to college. 

Neurodiversity refers to the fact that our brains don’t all work the same way, and that around 15-20 percent of us are neurodivergent, characterized by autism, ADHD, dyslexia, or other patterns outside the neurotypical mainstream.

As someone who largely works with international students, I wasn’t overjoyed when I heard that international SAT exams would be completely digital beginning in March 2023.

Few traumas in life create the wide-ranging and devastating repercussions that a suicide leaves in its wake. Parents, siblings, teachers, and therapists question how they might have “done more.”

Making the decision to pursue law school is not one that many students make lightly. With the rising costs of law school and increasing competitiveness of the applicant pool, even students who have been dreaming of law school since they were eight often find themselves intimidated by the road to securing their place as a future attorney.

While the US economy boasts a low unemployment rate of 3.8 percent (despite two years of the COVID-19 pandemic), it is important for high school and college students to begin exploring careers they are interested in and gaining professional work readiness skills.