YCBK 473: Why Is The Common App Asking My Student About Her Future Plans After College
In this week’s episode you will hear
In the News (10:50): Mark and Julia discuss SlideRoom, what is it and what tips do we have for students using SlideRoom? (Length 11 minutes)
This week’s question (21:40): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, Vince Garcia, Susan Tree and Mark Stucker and they answer several questions from a mom who wants to know, why is the Common App asking about the Future Plans of my daughter after college? (Length 14 minutes)
This week’s interview (35:44): David Graves, a 27-year veteran of the admission office at the University of Georgia does a 2-hour deep dive into helping us understand the University of Georgia-Part 5 of 5
Preview of Part 5
§ David talks about ecology
§ David talks about landscape architecture
§ David shares the things he really wants to emphasize that
§ I ask David to settle the age-old debate, Is UGA the first publicly chartered school or is it UNC, both claim it, which one is correct
§ David shares what UGA needs to change to become an even better school
§ David shares when they do holistic review and when they do academic review?
§ David talks about how they split up academic review and holistic review with different readers
§ David goes on the hotseat in our lightning round
Mark’s recommended resource of the week : Returns November 1st
College Spotlight/strong>: The University of Georgia
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