In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (2:00): Mark and Vince discuss the nine colleges that make up the University of California-Part 2 of 2 (Length 35 minutes)

This week’s question (37:20): Jessica, an International listener has a question about the change from test-optional to test mandatory that is happening at a number of colleges. (Length 13 minutes)

This week’s interview 1 (50:30): Jeremy Lowe, the Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admissions at American University discusses American University with Lisa Rouff-2 of 2.

Mark’s recommended resource of the week (59:10): Recommended Resource: Teen Life Summer

Interview 2 (1:12:30): Chris Cage, the VP of enrollment at Belmont University discusses Belmont University with Mark Stucker-Part 2 of 3

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