In this week’s episode you will hear

Question Number 1 From a Listener : Julia and Mark answer a question from Sapna and Sivan, two high school students about what is the proper way to use the Additional Information Section of the Common App

Question Number 2 From a Listener : Jennifer Mandel joins Mark to answer a question from Diana from Idaho, and she wants to know if a student has to attend a T-20 college to get a job on Wall Street.

This week’s interview : Jennifer Mandel from Milwaukee shares her experience of having a student attending a large business school is different from having a student attend a medium size business school

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : Guide to help first year students complete the Common Application guide for first-year students

College Spotlight-Interview #2: Mark Stucker and Bob McMahan, President of Kettering University: Preview of Part 5 of 5

• Bob tells us what Kettering University needs to do to be an even better school
• Bob tells us what is keeping Presidents up at night these days]
• Bob tells us what public school Presidents worry about and how the private school President has a different set of challenges that keep him or her up at night
• Bob goes on the hotseat in our lightning round

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