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The subject choices that close doors you can't see yet

Forty-five minutes on three university course pages will tell you more about your options than any assembly ever will.

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

How to choose subjects without closing doors you'll want later

Some choices at 14 or 16 quietly decide what you can apply for at 18. Here's how to keep the doors open without wrecking your grades.

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GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

When your friendship group falls apart, start with one person

Rebuilding after a group splits is slow, awkward and completely doable — and it almost never starts with finding a whole new group.

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Pick one place and show up for six months

Most volunteering teaches you nothing because it never lasts long enough to get hard. The fix is a standing shift and work nobody else wants.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

Where to find girls who are into what you're into

Recurring rooms, a six-week rule, and the one sentence that turns someone you sit near into someone you text.

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What is the one meal you can cook without looking at anything?

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GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

How to join something when everyone else started months ago

Walking into a club, team or youth group mid-year is awkward for about three sessions. After that it's just a thing you do on Tuesdays.

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

What to do when your school doesn't have your club

Your school's activity list isn't the whole map. Most of the good stuff happens at the library, the rec department and the church hall.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

How to make friends again after your group falls apart

Losing a friendship group is brutal and it isn't a verdict on you. This is how you rebuild, starting this week.

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

The volunteer job worth doing is the one that needs you

Most service hours teach a teenager nothing. The ones that change you have a schedule, a supervisor and somebody who notices when you don't show up.

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GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

How to Join Something When Everyone Already Knows Each Other

Walking into a team, club or youth group in February is harder than starting in September. It's also completely doable, and worth it.

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GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

Finding other girls who are into what you're into

The people who like what you like already meet somewhere. Your job is to find the room and go back a fourth time.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

Starting over when your friendship group falls apart

Groups end. The way back isn't finding another group — it's finding one person, twice a week, for about six weeks.

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What is the most expensive lesson your business taught you?

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GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

The volunteer work that actually changes what you can do

Most teenagers sign up for the wrong thing, quit in three weeks, and learn nothing. Pick better, stay longer, and you'll come out with real skills.

GuideTeen GirlsNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

The friends you want are already in a room you haven't walked into

Finding girls who care about the same things you do isn't luck. It's a list of rooms, a bit of nerve, and showing up more than once.</title> <dek>Finding girls who care about the same things you do isn't luck. It's a list of rooms, a bit of nerve, and showing up more than once.

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