YCBK 473: Why Is The Common App Asking My Student About Her Future Plans After College [Transcript]
YCBK 475: Do Colleges See Your Senior Year Grades When They Make Admission DecisionsYCBK 474: Direct Admissions Is Spreading Rapidly But There Are So Many Versions of Direct Admissions
Introduction : Mark explains the different versions of Direct Admissions. Direct Admissions had so much buzz at the NACAC conference. Rank these from 1 to 29 according to what is most important to you in a college:
- Area Surrounding the College
- Campus Beauty-
- Campus is contained, protected, and distinct from the area outside the campus
- Campus Setting (large city, small city, suburban, college town, remote)
- Career Outcomes
- Class Size
- College Rankings
- Cost/Affordability
- Distance from home
- Diversity
- Experiential learning (Co-ops/Internships, Study-Abroad, Research
- Facilities
- Financial Resources and Financial Wealth
- Food Quality
- Friendliness
- Graduation and Retention Rates
- Housing Options
- Name Recognition/Prestige
- Nature/Green Spaces
- Overall Academic Excellence
- Political Climate
- Religious Affiliation and/or Religious Culture
- Residential vs Commuter Students
- Safety
- School Size-
- Sports/ School Spirit
- Strength in my major
- Student Support
- Weather
Mark interviews Erin Wolfe: Part 4-Preview
- I ask Erin about reason 13, preferential packaging. I ask Erin to define preferential packaging and to explain how it impacts aid awards
- I ask Erin about reason 14, some schools give merit money and others don’t and I ask Erin to comment on this
- I ask Erin about reason 15, some colleges match competitor awards and others don’t
- I ask Erin about reason 16, how some colleges address the cost of living of the area that you are coming from
- I ask Erin about reason 17, how some colleges take K-12 tuition for a sibling at a private school into consideration
- I ask Erin about reason 18, how some colleges categorize untaxed income compared to how other colleges classify untaxed income. Erin defines what untaxed income is, and she gives several examples of untaxed income, as part of what they see as fairness
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