Podcast Episodes

Podcast Episodes2023-02-16T22:04:47-05:00

YCBK 413: Understanding Haverford College, Swarthmore College & Marquette University

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:10): Julia and Mark planned to talk about an article that ran in Bowdoin Orient, their student newspaper entitled: “Dean of Admissions Claudia Marroquin on the decline of male applicants to Bowdoin” but they don’t get to the article until next week but they do [...]

March 14, 2024|

YCBK 412: Many States are Admitting Students by Class Rank; is This Good or Bad?

Introduction: Mark takes a look at the growing trend to guarantee admission to students based on class ranking. Mark shares six reasons opponents don’t like these plans and six reasons why proponents love these direct admit plans based on class rank Mark interviews Andy Stickler on the topic of, Understanding Connecticut College, Part 2 of [...]

March 11, 2024|

YCBK 411: Tips to Get the Most out of a College Fair

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:52): Matt Bonser, the Director of Admissions at Colorado College and a Gap year expert answers 20 questions about Gap Years in this 75-minute discussion. (Part 3 of 3) Should a student reapply to the selective school they didn’t get in the next year, after [...]

March 8, 2024|

YCBK 410: 6 Questions To Ask To Help you Compare the Colleges That Admitted You

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction: Susan and Mark answer a Speakpipe question that asks for advice when your student is selecting a college and he/she has two or more quality options, and they are really torn Mark interviews Andy Stickler on the topic of, Understanding Connecticut College, Part 1 of 3 Q&A [...]

March 8, 2024|

YCBK 409: College is under attack; is college worth it?

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (5:06): Matt Bonser, the Director of Admissions at Colorado College and a Gap year expert answers 20 questions about Gap Years in this 75 minute discussion. (Part 2 of 3) (Length 25 minutes) This week’s question (30:50): Mark and Lisa answer a question about whether [...]

February 29, 2024|

YCBK 408: Colleges come up with very creative ways to use the ACT/SAT

Introduction : Mark does a deep dive on Yale’s decision to embrace a test flexible policy Hillary Dickman comes on to explain how Colorado College’s non-harm test score policy works. Mark interviews Andy Borst, the VP of enrollment at the University of Georgia on the topic of, why do college students go out of state [...]

February 28, 2024|

YCBK 407: 20 answers to questions about taking a Gap Year

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (11:20): Matt Bonser, the Director of Admissions at Colorado College and a Gap year expert answers 20 questions about Gap Years in this 75 minute discussion. (Part 1 of 3) (Length 29 minutes) This week’s question (40:56): Mark and Susan answer a question about how [...]

February 28, 2024|

YCBK 405: 5 Tips for Homeschool Students to Help with College Admissions

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:20): Vince and Mark discuss an article that appeared in the New Yorker entitled, How Rich or Not Rich do you need to be to get in the IVY league By Gail Cornwell. Kids whose parents make $158,200 to $222,400 a year have the worst [...]

February 19, 2024|

YCBK 404: How is AI impacting admissions & Thoughts on Dartmouth requiring test scores

Introduction : Mark and Julia discuss Dartmouth’s decision to be the first IVY league school to require test scores. Mark has a recommended resource in a Monday episode in the middle of the interview; it is the “Dream School” documentary by PBS and you can watch the 56 minute documentary free on You Tube Mark [...]

February 12, 2024|

YCBK 403: College Spotlight, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Part 2 of 2

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (16:06): Vince and Mark discuss an article that appeared in the New Yorker entitled, How Rich or Not Rich do you need to be to get in the IVY league By Gail Cornwell. Kids whose parents make $158,200 to $222,400 a year have the worst [...]

February 11, 2024|

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