Welcome to junior year, the most important year of the high school transcript. This will be the most recent full-year of grades submitted with your application. This is the year that highlights your mastery and expertise.

Perfection only exists on Instagram. When placing sleep at the top of our priority list, here are our nine favorite sleep tips: clear-cut, actionable things you can do to get to sleep more easily.

With school starting, we thought we’d give you a quick cheat-sheet to help you stay effective in your efforts. We've put together our favorite bite-sized tips to plan and start projects, foster creativity, stay motivated, and follow through.

Junior year is much like having two monitors on your desk. On one screen, you see your current life: AP classes, debate team, culture club president, captain of the swim team. On the other monitor, sitting just next to present reality, sits future plan: college, and each screen is pulling for your attention.

You are about to begin amassing an ever-growing written history. You will be creating more essays, research papers, summaries, reports, resumes and requests for people to review. Having a more varied knowledge of words will help you leave a better impression than someone whose presentation comes off as relatively simple or more repetitive.

How to adult: concrete advice for money, mental health, and friendship as high school seniors transition from to college.

It’s hard to stop the teacher and say, “I don’t get it” - but it’s important for your learning. Here are 5 ways to look like a total pro when you ask for clarification.

Ned Johnson, President and Tutor-Greek of PrepMatters, shares his recollections of Wild Kingdom’s Jim Fowler and their implications for today’s students and parents.

Although not always easy, the most helpful response may be something such as, “I’m sorry to hear that. I suspect that’s true for other people too. Is there a way I, or someone else, can help?” It can help to listen, not just to the words, but for the message behind the words.

Self-Driven Child co-author Ned Johnson offers guidance for parents and teens struggling with homework, performance, and burnout.